Restore old multibit wallet

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I just found an old backup of a bitcoin wallet on a USB stick containing 4 folders:

  • key-backup - empty
  • rolling-backup - contains a .wallet file stamped with a date from 2014
  • wallet-backup - empty
  • wallet-unenc-backup contains a .info file and a .wallet file

The info file includes this

multiBit.info,1

walletVersion,2

property,walletDescription,Your%20wallet%20description

property,walletBackupFile, *path to the .wallet file*

Is it possible to recover this wallet? I've tried downloading multibit, but the new version needs a phrase (which i don't have) and one of the older versions needs a .key file

Pownyan

Posted 2018-01-22T22:35:46.543

Reputation: 11

I just replied in this thread a similiar question, maybe this helps? https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/69188/i-think-i-found-241-bitcoin - seems like the discontinued webpages for multibit still contain valuable info...

– pebwindkraft – 2018-01-22T23:26:50.787

Answers

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I run a service to crack wallet files and, yes, it is possible to recover funds from MultiBit wallet files.

Usually users password-protect their MultiBit wallet files and if this is the case and you have no idea what the password is, then typically the effort brute-force is too high.

Since this is a wide topic with many tools to use, I advice to start looking at https://github.com/gurnec/btcrecover and then google for more details. PM me if you get stuck in the process.

NDB

Posted 2018-01-22T22:35:46.543

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