04-20-2023, 05:53 AM
So I found my bitcoin wallet from 2014, but...
<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12rr3lg/so_i_found_my_bitcoin_wallet_from_2014_but/"> <img src="https://a.thumbs.redditmedia.com/F-VNtgx2HnWWRZ6hAIubajAs5wnoyeHhfuLb8VvzjY4.jpg" alt="So I found my bitcoin wallet from 2014, but..." title="So I found my bitcoin wallet from 2014, but..." /> </a> </td><td> <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>What the hell even are these files??? Can I do anything with this?</p> <p>I've searched through all the folders and the sub-folders - there's even a key-backup folder that seems to have nothing in it. Absolutely no wallet.dat file anywhere that I can see.</p> <p>This was an OLD ass wallet - I remember it taking frickin HOURS to update everytime I Wanted to do anything, and I could only trade with the exchange directly through the soft wallet.</p> <p>Also fair to say I had and still ahve absolutely no clue what the frick I was doing. I sold it all at some point as I needed the money, but I strongly suspect 'ALL' might have left some pretty substantial dust in the wallet - maybe tens of dollars. But MAYBE even hundreds....I dont really know.</p> <p>For reference bitcoin was $550 or so at the time and I had a couple of thousand dollars worth.</p> <p>Any thoughts on whether I have any show in hell of getting anything whatsoever out of these files?</p> <p>*EDIT FOR CLARITY* The bitcoin was 'all' sold at some point shortly after as I needed a car (fucking expensive car eh...). This is purely for the leftover dust....its going to be somewhere between $10 and a few hundred dollars absolute max, so calm your boots everyone...</p> <p>***Update 2*** - It's empty....cheers guys
</p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/ym2d36kx6uua1.png?width=918&format=png&auto=webp&s=65527fd7f6c77c8bef85f0f4ccd7b9556bd04d61">Sorry guys - not even a sniff of dust....cheers TheMissingNTLDR for the nice link to establish that early...</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/xa8wvcdi0uua1.png?width=921&format=png&auto=webp&s=b4532eb7482ad5551005ea391ba3f6ffd37e2160">https://preview.redd.it/xa8wvcdi0uua1.png?width=921&format=png&auto=webp&s=b4532eb7482ad5551005ea391ba3f6ffd37e2160</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/37Schmeckles"> /u/37Schmeckles </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12rr3lg/so_i_found_my_bitcoin_wallet_from_2014_but/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12rr3lg/so_i_found_my_bitcoin_wallet_from_2014_but/">[comments]</a></span> </td></tr></table>
<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12rr3lg/so_i_found_my_bitcoin_wallet_from_2014_but/"> <img src="https://a.thumbs.redditmedia.com/F-VNtgx2HnWWRZ6hAIubajAs5wnoyeHhfuLb8VvzjY4.jpg" alt="So I found my bitcoin wallet from 2014, but..." title="So I found my bitcoin wallet from 2014, but..." /> </a> </td><td> <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>What the hell even are these files??? Can I do anything with this?</p> <p>I've searched through all the folders and the sub-folders - there's even a key-backup folder that seems to have nothing in it. Absolutely no wallet.dat file anywhere that I can see.</p> <p>This was an OLD ass wallet - I remember it taking frickin HOURS to update everytime I Wanted to do anything, and I could only trade with the exchange directly through the soft wallet.</p> <p>Also fair to say I had and still ahve absolutely no clue what the frick I was doing. I sold it all at some point as I needed the money, but I strongly suspect 'ALL' might have left some pretty substantial dust in the wallet - maybe tens of dollars. But MAYBE even hundreds....I dont really know.</p> <p>For reference bitcoin was $550 or so at the time and I had a couple of thousand dollars worth.</p> <p>Any thoughts on whether I have any show in hell of getting anything whatsoever out of these files?</p> <p>*EDIT FOR CLARITY* The bitcoin was 'all' sold at some point shortly after as I needed a car (fucking expensive car eh...). This is purely for the leftover dust....its going to be somewhere between $10 and a few hundred dollars absolute max, so calm your boots everyone...</p> <p>***Update 2*** - It's empty....cheers guys
</p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/ym2d36kx6uua1.png?width=918&format=png&auto=webp&s=65527fd7f6c77c8bef85f0f4ccd7b9556bd04d61">Sorry guys - not even a sniff of dust....cheers TheMissingNTLDR for the nice link to establish that early...</a></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/xa8wvcdi0uua1.png?width=921&format=png&auto=webp&s=b4532eb7482ad5551005ea391ba3f6ffd37e2160">https://preview.redd.it/xa8wvcdi0uua1.png?width=921&format=png&auto=webp&s=b4532eb7482ad5551005ea391ba3f6ffd37e2160</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/37Schmeckles"> /u/37Schmeckles </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12rr3lg/so_i_found_my_bitcoin_wallet_from_2014_but/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12rr3lg/so_i_found_my_bitcoin_wallet_from_2014_but/">[comments]</a></span> </td></tr></table>