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Questions tagged [wallet-recovery]

The process of recovering a wallet from cold storage using its mnemonic seed or private key

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If I saved my view key and spend key can I recover my wallet if my mnemonic seed is lost?

I accidentally deleted by my wallet file and mnemonic seed. Can I recover my wallet with my view key and spend key? If yes, then how do I do so?
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How do I use my MyMonero wallet via the Monero Core GUI?

I have been using a MyMonero wallet for quite a while. Can I start using that wallet from within the Monero Core GUI? How do I do that?
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How to restore a Monero wallet from Private Keys

How can one import a Monero wallet via Private Keys (from mymonero.com / moneroaddress.org for example) into the GUI wallet? Is there a possible way via Private Spend- and View-Key?
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Error restoring from .keys file

I lost my mnemonic seed and therefore would like to restore from my .keys file I created with Monero version v0.8.8.6. Being certain that I am using the correct password, I received the following message when opening my .keys file: You had been…
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Harmonizing Monero with HD Wallet BIP 39 Technology?

Monero currently uses Electrum Word List for recovery purposes. This causes conflicts with wallet developers that want to support both Bitcoin-based BIP 39 technology that has a separate Word Lists. End users will want to use only one set wallet…
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What are some ways I can disguise my mnemonic seed?

I'm thinking of storing my mnemonic seed on a few pieces of paper in secure locations, but I'm worried other people might find one of them and steal my funds. What are assume ways I can disguise this mnemonic seed so that people don't realize what…
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What data do the wallet files contain?

I see 3 files with the name of my wallet: wallet-name, wallet-name.keys, wallet-name.address.txt What is stored inside them? Does the wallet store the public and private keys and nothing else? Or does it contain the list of transactions related to…
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My dog ate the USB key with 10000 monero wallet. Are they lost forever?

I don't have a dog, nor 10,000 Monero for that matter, so everything is OK :)! But what happen if I lose the medium on which the wallet with my Monero is stored, or if it is destroyed? Hard disks fail, after all. And if the wallet is not…
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Is there a risk that cold storage wallets containing non RingCT outputs will be unspendable in the future?

If I fund a wallet today and don't touch it for 5 years, is there a risk that I won't be able to spend my funds? Is it advisable to move funds around to a new wallet with each hard fork?
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How are monero wallets generated?

I understand that the mnemonic is enough to recover the wallet. How are the keys and address generated from there? Does one need to have the dictionary of the mnemonic to be able to recover the wallet?
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How to send monero from my cold storage?

I have a Monero paper wallet and want to send money from it to another address. What's the easiest way to go about this?
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Does publishing view key and key images give the auditor the information on where I sent the funds?

I see here that it's possible to provide information to an auditor to prove the balance at a certain point in time (block height). Would this tell the auditor to where were the funds were sent? Based on my understanding, the answer should be no - is…
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Is it safe to make backup of wallet? If so, is there a reference procedure somewhere?

For example, to prevent problems if my dog eat my usb stick with my wallet, is it safe to make backup of wallet ? If so, what would be a correct procedure to make (i.e, what are the important part to backup, the ones to write down and lock in a…
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btcrecover for monero?

Recently I forgot my password to dogecoin wallet and brute force it with btcrecover (github.com/gurnec/btcrecover), which support bitcoin and many altcoins. Although only around 20 words give me something like 6 mln combinations, I found my password…
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Simplewallet shows zero balance after recovering XMR paper wallet (using Mac)

I have made two paper wallets and can recover neither. I use the Monero Test app to check balance once I have sent the Monero to the paper wallet (made with offline generator). Then I launch simplewallet and use: --restore-deterministic-wallet When…
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