Questions tagged [recover-private-key]

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How can 24 words allow a user to recover a public and private key?

I understand that the Ledger Nano S allows one to create a 24 word recovery phrase. A) Why is it better to have users keep a 24 word recovery phase as backup than to keep the public and private key as backup? B) How does Ledger decode the recovery…
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Privatekey Recovery

so the question is about btc privatekey recovery . Is there any way to recover/re calculate privatekey using these details : SHA-256 RipeMD-160 public key public address rsz signatures ( non-identical R ) scriptsig asm & hex ...
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How to unlock private key of bitcoin

I need help on how to get the private key....i have that much on my account and i want to cash out very soon
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recovering android wallet using opensll

i am very frustrated, i managed to decrypt the backup file by doing the opensll command and as expected after putting the password i do see org.bitcoin.production which means i am at the right path but it also gives me 2 lines of some alien language…
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Bitcoins purchased in 2013

I purchased Bitcoin in either 2012 or 2013 and at the time noted down 2 sets of 34-character addresses each with a 12 character password, both 34 character strings start with a "1". I'm not holding out much hope that I can retrieve them, but can…
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How to recover private key if I have the 12-word and an address?

5 years ago I created a Copay app, and I can not import it or recover it. I have the 12 word all the address. Leftover money stays there. But I can not import anymore with Copay. Something wrong, I do not know what.
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How can I generate keypairs, and check the public key against a known public key to check for a match?

Running on headless Ubuntu Linux. I would like to use this keypair generator, and check the public keys generated with each run against a single other public key. I know that "recovering" a lost private key is impossible and what not. But I'm not…
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I am trying to solve a wordsearch but i cant get the words in order

What should i do if i have 34 words but i only use 24 and they need to be in the right order. I have 6 words guaranteed correct and in the right order so that takes away 6 but then i still have the rest to get in the right order. I am pretty sure…
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