Bitcoin Core Wallet.dat Password ?

ichocolate

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Hello, i have a problem where i have recently moved 0.1 bitcoin on to a new install of bitcoin core .
I have set the password on the wallet to encrypt and i copied and pasted the password.
I copied and pasted the same info to a textpad.
Now i am not sure if this a serious bug or if perhaps i didnt copy and paste what i thought i did.
I dont know.
I can not send from my wallet because it is asking me for the password.
I am pretty sure i have a good idea on what it is but it might be i have a few letters wrong.
I really would imagine there can not be a bug .... or maybe my password is too long, i dont know.
Can anybody here help me to brute force the password ?
I can narrow down the characters so it should be possible.
 
Seems like you think the password is wrong and have a plan to get it right.
If that fails you can also try this https://github.com/gurnec/btcrecover

If you're copy and pasting your password when you entered it it should work though. Check for any trailing spaces.
 
Hey Hi, very old message, i thought i would come back to you nevertheless.
I managed to get my password, it was very long - but never had to use it anyways.
I had saved it but perhaps my copy and paste was broken so some character might have been wrong or not selected, who knows!
So frustrating. I actually had an un-encrypted dat file which i used.
I then re-tested the whole password locking and unlocked which was fine, so it basically proves my first password i saved before was saved wrong.
Have to be very careful with this stuff man.
I did also try that btcrecover, but now i have a windows 10 machine and i see they have changed the version u now need a later python and all sorts of other components in order to get it to work.
I honestly cant even believe i did it the last time , although it was an older version - perhaps less to do
 
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