Crypto Wallet Recovery Guides
A complete knowledge base on recovering encrypted crypto wallets. Covering Bitcoin Core, Ethereum keystore, MetaMask, Electrum, Cardano, Solana, hardware wallets, and the tools that power a recovery workflow.
Bitcoin & BIP39
Bitcoin Core, seed phrases, paper wallets and multisig.
Bitcoin Core wallet.dat Recovery
Recover a forgotten passphrase on a legacy Bitcoin Core wallet.dat using hashcat mode 11300.
BIP39 Seed — Missing Words
How to recover a 12 / 24-word BIP39 seed when one or two words are forgotten.
Paper Wallet Sweep & Import
Sweep vs import, BIP38 decryption, and how to safely move funds from a paper wallet.
2-of-3 Multisig Recovery
Restore a multisig wallet when you still control the threshold number of keys.
Ethereum & EVM Wallets
Keystore JSON, MetaMask vaults, and browser-extension wallets.
Altcoin Wallets
Cardano, Solana, Electrum, Exodus, and hardware-wallet-backed wallets.
Cardano Daedalus Recovery
Recover spending passwords for Daedalus and Yoroi Cardano wallets.
Solana (Phantom, Solflare)
Recover encrypted vaults from Phantom and Solflare browser wallets.
Electrum (BTC / LTC)
Electrum wallet password recovery with hashcat mode 16600 and targeted rules.
Exodus · Atomic · Trust Wallet
Multi-chain wallet recovery: Exodus (.seco), Atomic, and Trust Wallet vaults.
Exodus Wallet (Dedicated)
Dedicated guide for Exodus .seco vault decryption with hashcat mode 25400.
Atomic Wallet (Dedicated)
Atomic Wallet IndexedDB LevelDB vault extraction and btcrecover attack.
Ledger & Trezor Recovery
Seed-phrase based recovery for lost Ledger / Trezor PIN or passphrase scenarios.
Technical & Practical
Tools, hardware, entropy math, scams and custody trade-offs.
btcrecover — Complete Tutorial
End-to-end guide to using btcrecover for seed and password recovery, with example tokenlists.
Build a Home GPU Recovery Rig
Hardware picks, power planning, and hashcat setup for a DIY recovery rig.
Password Entropy: How Strong = Safe
Quantify entropy, candidate-space math, and what 'impossible' actually means.
Avoid Recovery Scams
Red flags, upfront-fee traps, and what a legitimate recovery flow looks like.
Custodial vs Self-Custody
Why Coinbase account recovery is different from wallet.dat recovery — and when each applies.
BIP39 vs PBKDF2 vs scrypt
KDF comparison — why some wallets are crackable in hours and others impossible.
How Long Does Recovery Take?
Realistic time estimates by wallet type, hash mode, and password complexity.
Recovery Cost in 2026
Pricing breakdown vs DIY — success-fee vs upfront across all major services.
Why Most Services Are Scams
Deep dive: telegram scammers, fake reviews, wallet drainers and how to vet a real provider.
Insurance vs Recovery vs Write-off
Coincover, Casa, Nexus Mutual, IRS write-off rules and when each makes sense.
Claude AI Bitcoin Recovery (2026)
Viral May 2026 story: how Claude AI helped recover 3.4 BTC from a wallet dormant since 2014.
Service Comparison
Pricing, success rates, supported wallets and transparency — head-to-head with major rivals.
Mobile & Modern Wallets
Mobile-first wallets, MEW, hardware passphrases and Solana ecosystem.
Coinomi (Mobile)
Recover password for Android / iOS Coinomi multi-chain wallet.
Jaxx Liberty (2017-2020)
Legacy Jaxx Liberty recovery after the Decentral.io shutdown.
MyEtherWallet (MEW)
Specifics of MEW UTC-* keystore vs generic Ethereum keystore.
Trezor 25th-Word Passphrase
Trezor passphrase IS recoverable via brute force (PIN is not).
Ledger Live 24-Word Seed
Recovery flow when seed words are partial or in the wrong order.
Phantom (Solana)
Browser/mobile Phantom vault recovery for Solana ecosystem.
Trust Wallet — Password vs Seed
Two scenarios: vault password recovery vs seed-only recovery flow.
BTC Wallet from 2013-2017
The gold-mine checklist for old Bitcoin Core, Multibit Classic, Bitcoin-Qt, Armory.
Wasabi Wallet (Privacy)
Recover passwords for Wasabi Wallet .ckf files with PKCS#12 encryption.
BlueWallet (Mobile Bitcoin)
BlueWallet iOS/Android password recovery with exported wallet JSON files.
Monero GUI Wallet (XMR)
Recover Monero .keys files with hashcat mode 14100 and CryptoNight KDF.
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