<p>I need to restore deleted wallet.dat.</p>
<p>Unfortunately method with searching for</p>
<pre><code>    &quot;\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00&quot;
    &quot;\x00\x00\x00\x00\x62\x31\x05\x00&quot;
</code></pre>
<p>Did not produced working wallet.</p>
<p>The amount of bitcoins is not substantial at all, but I am thinking for searching for the address itself.</p>
<p>I checked on working bitcoind and wallet.dat does not seems to contain the address</p>
<ul>
<li>not in clear text - e.g. &quot;12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxzrL5LmMBrzjrJX&quot; (I am using address I know is in the wallet rather than example address)</li>
<li>not in hex - &quot;00119B098E2E980A229E139A9ED01A469E518E6F2690AFE11C&quot;</li>
</ul>
<p>for convestion I am using - <a href="http://lenschulwitz.com/base58" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://lenschulwitz.com/base58</a></p>
<p>wallet.dat does not have password. Does <code>bdb</code> uses some compression?</p>
<p>Any idea if I can search for the address?</p>

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2021-04-08T04:35:57.517Z
is 12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxzrL5LmMBrzjrJX your wallet address??
or just a random one you used?
Tiaan Smit
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2021-04-08T06:44:00.897Z
It's the most famous bitcoin address there is, but why do you post a question as an answer?
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# restoring deleted wallet.dat

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-02-21)

I need to restore deleted wallet.dat.

Unfortunately method with searching for

```
    "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00"
    "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x62\x31\x05\x00"

```

Did not produced working wallet.

The amount of bitcoins is not substantial at all, but I am thinking for searching for the address itself.

I checked on working bitcoind and wallet.dat does not seems to contain the address

* not in clear text - e.g. "12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxzrL5LmMBrzjrJX" (I am using address I know is in the wallet rather than example address)
* not in hex - "00119B098E2E980A229E139A9ED01A469E518E6F2690AFE11C"

for convestion I am using - <http://lenschulwitz.com/base58>

wallet.dat does not have password. Does `bdb` uses some compression?

Any idea if I can search for the address?

**Tags:** bitcoind

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: is 12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxzrL5LmMBrzjrJX your wallet address?? or just a random one you used?  
> **username_2**: It's the most famous bitcoin address there is, but why do you post a question as an answer?  

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