Wallets & Security

Hey everyone! I could really use some help here. I run a few small stores selling phones and electronics, and I also exchange cash for Bitcoin using…

I’m stuck with a wallet.dat from way back that hasn’t been updated. If I want to jump to version 25.0, do I need to do something special or just…

Finished my write-up on master seed generation for HD wallets. Looking for feedback on content and accuracy. 🤠 Planning to refine it more later, but…

I dug around today and found an encrypted file in dropbox. It has a wallet ID from blockchain.info and a password. I know I had some BTC in that…

I was digging into mempool stuff lately and decided to try out the mainnet. But I've hit a wall. My node needs to finish the initial block download…

Hey everyone, I've been getting these tiny Bitcoin payments in my trust wallet almost daily for a while now. But for the past week or so, the…

Hey, Can I create private keys, public keys, and addresses using just an old computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux) that’s not connected to the internet?…

So, if I limit my block storage to 2GB, does that mean my node only keeps the latest 2GB of blockchain data? What if I set it to 50GB instead? What’s…

My old wallet is outdated. Set up a new one with Electrum and used my seed words. I see some coins but no clue what they’re worth. Can anyone help me…

I’ve been looking around and can't find any way to generate a master key from a password. You know like those brain wallets that create private keys…

Haven't touched my MultiBit wallet in ages. Now that I’m trying to get my Bitcoin, I’m stuck. Got my 18-word recovery phrase and password on…

I found a bitcoin private key from my grandpa. It’s a legacy one, starts with 5. Imported it into Titan wallet and saw the balance, but when trying…

I got a Trezor One and I sent some BTC to a new segwit address after my old one had almost nothing left. We made the transfer on 11-11-2023, but the…

I set up my own Electrum server and linked my wallet to it. I did this to keep my transactions private. But now, is it pointless to keep my old…

So I got this 1-of-2 multi-sig setup. Seed A is in location A, Seed B in location B, and public keys are in location C. If seed A gets leaked, can…

Let's talk about the WEX.NZ exchange and those huge transactions happening from their cold wallets almost daily. It's been over two months since they…

So what's a stuck transaction? It’s like when you send crypto, but it just sits there unconfirmed for way too long. Super annoying, right? People…

I opened an old wallet and saw all my transactions there, everything looked good, but it took 14 hours just to rescan. The debug.log file showed the…

So my transaction with 0.26 BTC just got rejected after being stuck for a whole year. It doesn’t show in my wallet anymore. Here's the transaction…

So I did a little test and need some help. I created a wallet on an airgapped PC using Bitcoin Core. I made a receiving address and sent some sats…

Hey there, I'm trying to track down details about a wallet that got emptied in a hack. Anyone have info? If it’s helpful, I’m willing to offer a…

Hey everyone, I’ve got my wallet.dat from an old Bitcoin Core version on Windows. Trying to restore it on the latest Bitcoin Core for Mac. What do I…

I lost my bitcoin wallet. Got the key, but the wallet itself was saved on an external hard drive. It got stolen... What can I do to get it back?…

I just updated to the latest AppImage from Electrum and I can't find the "Transaction" tab in Preferences. I really need the option to choose…

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