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  <p>Is there anyway I could find the wallet I used?</p>
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<p>Well, if you do not know the name and dont have your history from that device, your screwed.</p>

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  <p>I want to know if there is any way to recover them or if they are lost forever.</p>
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<p>Well, from what I have seen of this post, you do not have any information of the wallet whatsoever, you may have lost them forever if you dont have a backup.</p>

<p>However, if you have any of your old computers files, we may be able to recover it. If not, sorry mate.</p>

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2018-04-11T18:27:41.007Z
2018-04-11T18:27:41.007Z
Colea
<p>It sounds like the wallet was set up using software installed on your local computer, perhaps the Bitcoin-QT (aka Bitcoin Core) client, Electrum, or maybe Multibit. You'll need to obtain the private keys for the addresses that received the bitcoins (unless they were stored with an online wallet service, in which case you'd be wanting a website login and password, if the service still existed).</p>

<p>In the case of Bitcoin-QT, there is a file generated called wallet.dat that contains the private keys. It may have been encrypted with a password to protect against hacking.</p>

<p>If you can recover the file, and get through the encryption that may be enabled, you would probably be able to recover the bitcoins by reinstalling the Bitcoin Core client (see bitcoin.org) to open the wallet (assuming it was a Bitcoin-QT wallet, otherwise you'd use a different client). </p>

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2017-11-09T01:03:26.403Z
2017-11-09T01:03:26.403Z
Highly Irregular
<p>Hi so a few years back I purchased 25 bitcoins, after I purchased them I placed them in a wallet, my computer crashed and I got a new one forgetting about the bitcoins, now seeing the high price for the coins I want to know if there is any way to recover them or if they are lost forever.</p>

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2017-11-09T01:41:11.980Z
What was the name of the wallet you placed them in?
Adam Millerchip
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2017-11-10T18:21:53.733Z
I forgot the wallet I had stored them in, it deleted the wallet and everything, if I could just find the wallet I know my email I used and the password, i am having trouble finding what wallet I used
Dalton mackey
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2017-11-10T18:22:36.483Z
Is there anyway I could find the wallet I used?
Dalton mackey
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Need help recovering lost bitcoins from a crashed computer's wallet file
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# Need help recovering lost bitcoins from a crashed computer's wallet file

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-09)

Hi so a few years back I purchased 25 bitcoins, after I purchased them I placed them in a wallet, my computer crashed and I got a new one forgetting about the bitcoins, now seeing the high price for the coins I want to know if there is any way to recover them or if they are lost forever.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What was the name of the wallet you placed them in?  
> **username_0**: I forgot the wallet I had stored them in, it deleted the wallet and everything, if I could just find the wallet I know my email I used and the password, i am having trouble finding what wallet I used  
> **username_0**: Is there anyway I could find the wallet I used?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-04-11. Score: 2

> Is there anyway I could find the wallet I used?

Well, if you do not know the name and dont have your history from that device, your screwed.

> I want to know if there is any way to recover them or if they are lost forever.

Well, from what I have seen of this post, you do not have any information of the wallet whatsoever, you may have lost them forever if you dont have a backup.

However, if you have any of your old computers files, we may be able to recover it. If not, sorry mate.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-11-09. Score: 0

It sounds like the wallet was set up using software installed on your local computer, perhaps the Bitcoin-QT (aka Bitcoin Core) client, Electrum, or maybe Multibit. You'll need to obtain the private keys for the addresses that received the bitcoins (unless they were stored with an online wallet service, in which case you'd be wanting a website login and password, if the service still existed).

In the case of Bitcoin-QT, there is a file generated called wallet.dat that contains the private keys. It may have been encrypted with a password to protect against hacking.

If you can recover the file, and get through the encryption that may be enabled, you would probably be able to recover the bitcoins by reinstalling the Bitcoin Core client (see bitcoin.org) to open the wallet (assuming it was a Bitcoin-QT wallet, otherwise you'd use a different client).


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