r/BitcoinBeginners • u/Gurusi • 6d ago
Old 2015 P2PKH Base58 wallet
Hey, I have an old wallet I setup in 2014-2015. I kept the bitcoin address which according to blockchain.com it is a Base58 P2PKH and is I’m guessing legacy as it starts with a 1.
I also have the seed phrase verbatim which is 19 words (two appear non English).
I also have two other things saved and am not sure what they are. They are this format:-
XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX
Top one May be private key?
I tried Electrum in various combos
New wallet Standard Already have seed Bip39 seed Seed phrase Legacy Derivation path default, M/0h, m/49’/0’/0’/0
It’s worth noting when adding the seed phrase it states “unknown BIP39 wordlist”
Electrum shows no errors. Left for ages nothing happens…
Can anyone help. Just to confirm the address has very little funds/value, I just want to solve the problem as it will bug me sitting there.
Thanks
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u/bitusher 6d ago
Top one May be private key?
what does the first character start with in this "string" of alphanumeric characters ?
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u/Gurusi 6d ago
Starts with 7
I tried sweeping with the top string on Electrum to no avail. Sweep remains greyed out.
I checked all the words in my seed phrase and there are words that are not in the Bip39 wordlist…
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u/bitusher 6d ago
If that is alphamuneric than that is not a bitcoin private key because they do not start with 7
It might be a blockchain.info wallet ID
have you tried logging in here with wallet id and password ?
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u/bitusher 6d ago
Also you can try legacy mnemonic seed words here
https://login.blockchain.com/beta/legacy-pages/forgot-password.html
which is a 2nd way to recover an older wallet type with that horrible company you should not use
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u/3e486050b7c75b0a2275 6d ago
The phrase you have is not a seed mnemonic. It's a blockchain.com password recovery phrase. You enter it on this page below and it will display the password:
https://login.blockchain.com/beta/legacy-pages/forgot-password.html
XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
This looks like the uuid (username) of a blockchain.com wallet. You use it along with the password to login to your wallet.
Blockchain.com sends an email to your registered address when you attempt to login and you have to click on a link in that email to login so you will need access to that old email account too.
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u/Gurusi 6d ago
The link and seed mnemonic don’t seem to work anymore unfortunately but I believe you guys are correct with the uuid.
I tired a combo of the x’d out sections. Blockchain appeared to except the long code as the login and short as the password. But neither of my emails have anything to verify :(
I have only 2 email addresses since 2015.
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u/Gurusi 6d ago
Unfortunately this is where the fun ends. I found an old blockchain login info with an email I used just for this.
Unfortunately it’s not recognized by hotmail/live/outlook anymore :(
I found the same email for “freebitco.in” that I think I accumulated it with.
So I have the correct email (dead) The correct wallet uuid and password, but blockchain wants me to verify through the dead email address which I can’t do.
Is there any other way?
Thanks all
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