(Jun-11-2017, 05:53 AM)Nozu Wrote: python pyethrecover.py -w wallet -s pa
... is that did you specify a path to your wallet keyfile after -w ? Shouldn't the word "wallet" be replaced with the path to the file to be cracked?
P.S. I just found another GitHub project that might be worth a shot if we can't get pyethrecover working: github.com/lexansoft/ethcracker
First and foremost, do not work with your original wallet file. If it is lost or corrupted, it is lost forever
with no chance of recovery.
Make a backup copy of it to work with.
DO NOT POST A COPY OF YOUR WALLET FILE PUBLICLY. IT IS YOUR KEY.
Second, place the copy of it in the program directory then you do not need to specify a path. Since the eth wallets seem to have long file names, you can rename it something shorter like "mywallet1.json".
Third, you should now be able to run it something like this:
python3 pyethrecover.py -w mywallet1.json
Note that this program is only for presale wallets. As I understand it - Version 1. There are three ways to create a wallet I know of other than presale. That is using geth, mist, or parity and they are all to the best of my knowledge Version 3. You can check which version you have by opening the file with a text editor and looking for the text something like "version 3". If you see it you have a version three wallet and are using the wrong program.
This is one possibility for version 3:
https://github.com/danielchalef/pyethrecoverv3
If you have little or no programming experience, this will be hard for you at best and you should consider having it done by a professional you can trust. I am getting close to be able to do them now after much hard work and a lot of innovation on my part. I asked one fellow early on to show me how to do this and he wanted a fee of 50 eth.
On github.com/lexansoft/ethcracker - This is new to me. Thanks for the tip. I have not looked into it yet and vetted the code to see if it is safe. Do not trust it unless you can verify it.