keyhunter
A tool to recover lost bitcoin private keys from dead hard drives.
Usage
python3 keyhunter.py -i /dev/sdX --log ./sdX_log.log -o ./sdX_found_keys_list.txt
The output file lists found private keys, in base58 key WIF (wallet import format).
To import into bitcoind, use the following command for each key:
bitcoind importprivkey 5KXXXXXXXXXXXX
bitcoind getbalance
Features and Limitations
- Supports both pre-2012 and post-2012 wallet keys.
- Supports logging to a file.
- Cannot find encrypted wallets.
Credits
This project is a maintained fork of pierce403/keyhunter.
1 maintainer
Metadata
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