Recovering BIP38 password without having the address

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Recovering BIP38 password without having the address

Coding-Enthusiast opened this issue 3 years ago · 15 comments

Since the BIP38 string already contains an address hash, recovering without the address itself is technically possible but it would add 1x Base58 encoding and 2x SHA256 hash and our IConverter implementations don't have that option yet. The encoding part has to be optimized otherwise the speed could decrease significantly.

This feature is postponed until there is either demand for it or version 1.0 is about to be released.

Answer 1 · 2022-04-24T07:25:27.000Z

Hi , What about known password ,but 6Pn******************* recovery need. Do you have a plan such options in future ?

Answer 2 · 2022-04-24T09:24:12.000Z

Hi , What about known password ,but 6Pn******************* recovery need. Do you have a plan such options in future ?

If you mean a damaged string (eg. missing some characters) there already is an option for it under Missing Base58.

Answer 3 · 2022-04-24T11:12:02.000Z

I know password but my photo bip38 private key i lost. I am trying find . I know for sure only 6Pn........... Also I know cfrm38 full 75 characters and try to learn more follow you. I know public key , rmd160 , password

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Answer 4 · 2022-04-24T12:26:08.000Z

There are exactly 58 characters in a BIP38 encrypted key string. Realistically you need to know at least 50 of them with the position of the remaining missing digits to be able to recover it.

Answer 5 · 2023-07-12T11:17:00.000Z

There are exactly 58 characters in a BIP38 encrypted key string. Realistically you need to know at least 50 of them with the position of the remaining missing digits to be able to recover it.

hello, i have an encrypted private key but i don't know any details of the BIP38 password. is it possible to find it thanks to your software? I have the encrypted private key and the public wallet

Answer 6 · 2023-07-13T16:58:18.000Z

hello, i have an encrypted private key but i don't know any details of the BIP38 password. is it possible to find it thanks to your software? I have the encrypted private key and the public wallet

Hello. You need to know something about the password to be able to recover it, at the very least the length of it.

Answer 7 · 2023-09-05T21:31:16.000Z

Someone has hacked multiple accounts of mine.

Answer 8 · 2023-10-01T21:50:15.000Z

Hi I have my private key and public but I lost my decoding phrase how can I find it

Answer 9 · 2023-10-01T23:04:53.000Z

If you have your private key just import it into a new wallet and you will recover your funds.

Answer 10 · 2023-10-14T20:29:17.000Z

In which wallet
I try it on Coinomi it need BIP38 Phrase

Answer 11 · 2023-10-14T21:52:17.000Z

Bitcoin Core only needs the privkey.

Answer 12 · 2023-10-16T21:51:35.000Z

It don't have any import options

Answer 13 · 2023-10-16T21:58:39.000Z

What doesn't ? Bitcoin Core ?

Answer 14 · 2023-11-05T01:48:53.000Z

Yes ,say that it don't support

Answer 15 · 2023-11-05T04:19:42.000Z

In Bitcoin Core, open the console window and type - importprivkey
This will recover your funds.