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Back early 2018 I installed monero full node with intention to learn to mine, then actually purchased 7 coins. I wrote down the 25 words, but was too smart for my own good with the other passkey info. I wrote it in a way that I have info, but I basically know the info is incorrect. All I can guarantee is the date I opened the wallet, and the 25 words. This was pre ledger. I today installed GUI to a new computer, and tied wallet to ledger. I now have a synced wallet, but balance and history are both 0. The actually computer that was running the node was scrubbed. Have I lost my coins?

NewDeal
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If you have the 25 words you can restore the wallet and recover the coins. I'd do this on a PC and not a ledger at first. (Find the money then move to a ledger if desired) The wallet has to fully sync to a fully synced daemon/node. If restoring by date/height make sure its a bit before that. or just do a full refresh.

Dave
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  • Thanks for the reply :) I tried that. and had the same issue. How can I remove all that i have done so far from my computer (GUI wallet, daemon etc), that I can try again without ledger? – NewDeal Apr 11 '21 at 14:55
  • On a Mac/Linux delete the ~/.bitmonero folder (blockchain). And whatever folder the wallet is in. Not sure in Windows land. I know Monero at least used to put in some registry keys. You could just make a VM, install monero, (I'd suggest just the CLI, but thats me. --restore-deterimistic I think is the flag.) and do the restore. It should complain about no daemon. Then I'd just have it point to a remote node for the daemon (most pools offer them). Good luck. – Dave Apr 11 '21 at 15:51
  • Hi Dave, Rather than try deleting, I downloaded from getmonero.org the GUI zip file to a new computer. I dont know how to use the Monero CLI, so I tried simple mode wallet, typed the seed words single spaced,, and put height date 2 months before I started in 2018. I got exactly the same message as the first computer. "Electrum style word list failed verification". I KNOW the words are correct, I triple checked them at the time, and have cross referenced them against the Monero list of words for spelling. I have also tried this words to start with mymonero.com. Same result. What can I do now?? – NewDeal Apr 12 '21 at 02:39
  • By any chance did you transpose any of the words 'for security'? The last word is a checksum and I believe should also be one of the other words. (Windows, Mac, or Linux? Not that this would be the prob but might be able to write a small script if Mac/Linux to help) – Dave Apr 13 '21 at 08:51
  • You said this is all pre-ledger. Sure of that? Could those 25 words be Ledger words? – Dave Apr 13 '21 at 09:06
  • Hi Dave. I didnt write any word for security. I do have three other pieces of information, one is what I presume is a password. One is also possibly another password, the othe says loc: 00000 (a five digit number) I am certain this was pre ledger, I remember being pissed at the time that Monero kept talking about integrating ledger, but nothing happening. I actually have my cold wallet seed and other info stored on a monero.how branded paper thing. – NewDeal Apr 13 '21 at 12:03
  • I think also, ledger is 24 words? – NewDeal Apr 13 '21 at 12:06
  • I'm at a loss. The 25 words should restore it. I've restored a bunch of times. For grins, maybe an older version? Like 0.15? If that works you should be OK to upgrade. Might be some odd bug in the restore feature? I dunno. Grasping at straws here. If you find the solution, let us know! – Dave Apr 14 '21 at 09:25
  • Hi Dave. One of the pieces of info I had twigged to me. I had changed the seed word order. Now, with the new seed order, I can open a mymonero.org wallet, but balance is 0. I tried with Monero GUI, entered new seed to GUI, with backdated height, but it now refuses to go furtjer than "next" any ideas? A clean reinstall without ledger influences? Problem with that is I get the same "no progress" on the second computer. Both are running daemons, the second computer actually has not activated a wallet yet. – NewDeal Apr 15 '21 at 14:55
  • Updated: SOLVED. Was out of sequence seed. Thanks all for your help :) – NewDeal Apr 15 '21 at 17:42
  • Awesome!! Glad to see you didn't lose 'em. That's also why I asked if you transposed them. – Dave Apr 16 '21 at 15:09
  • I've done nothing constructive yet looking at the GUI and feeling satisfied – NewDeal Apr 17 '21 at 00:04