Help accessing my old 2013 Bitcoin wallet

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tom1337Member
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#1Jul 4, 2021, 07:28 AM
Hey everyone, I’ve got a bitcoin wallet from 2013 with some files and keys but I can’t seem to access it properly. All the wallets I opened are empty, and I think there’s around 4 BTC in there. Can anyone help me figure out how to open it?
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whale420Senior Member
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#2Jul 6, 2021, 01:53 PM
What type of keys do you have? Are they private keys? If yes, then you just need to import them into a wallet like Electrum. It's pretty straightforward. If those aren’t private keys, what file extensions are you seeing?
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alpha23Member
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#3Jul 6, 2021, 07:24 PM
Yeah, if it’s a wallet.dat file, then you’ll probably need Bitcoin Core to restore it. I just mentioned something similar in another thread. You might find useful info there.
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#4Jul 6, 2021, 09:34 PM
How much did you spend on this wallet? I hope it wasn’t a fortune. Are people still selling wallets like this?
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anonMember
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#5Jul 7, 2021, 12:03 AM
Hey there! We can assist you with recovering your wallet. How do we get in touch?
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orbit1337Senior Member
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#6Jul 7, 2021, 03:44 AM
Just a heads up, be careful. This sounds like a perfect way to get scammed.
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#7Jul 7, 2021, 08:39 PM
Seriously, OP, watch out for those offers. New accounts offering help are usually shady. Plus, was this wallet backed up with a password? What software are you using?
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0xNodeMember
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#8Jul 8, 2021, 07:50 AM
Check out my link, it's free. Oops, I just noticed it's from 2016. Sorry!
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orbit1337Senior Member
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#9Jul 9, 2021, 01:53 PM
Here’s a warning if you’re thinking about buying wallets:
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#10Jul 9, 2021, 04:53 PM
It's outrageous how much the wallet.dat files commerce has increased during the previous years. People spend $100 to buy a file that is supposed to be worth $1,000,000. And they don't even realise that it's absurd to think that anyone would sell something that costs $1,000,000 for $100. Where is common logic??? I am seeing too many posts around the internet for things like this.
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orbit1337Senior Member
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#11Jul 9, 2021, 07:40 PM
Scammers adapt: Apparently, that's what works. It's not only with scams, it happens in all kinds of advertising: bigger numbers sell. Remember the 3D phone screen protectors? They went higher and higher, and are currently at 99999D screen protectors. Lotteries do the same: prizes get higher and higher, after which people buy more tickets even though the odds of winning get smaller and smaller. Other products do it too: product names get longer and longer. And the worst part is: all the BS finds their way to this tech board, making the people with real tech problems look suspicious because some scammer made a business model out of their rare real wallet problem.
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