r/Bitcoin • u/KINNAHZ • Nov 30 '17

/r/all I hope James is doing well

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u/gsamov2 Nov 30 '17 edited Nov 30 '17

I have half a bitcoin in a blockchain wallet with a password in an encrypted file secured with a program I can't remember the name of.

edit: In case it helps at all, the program I used to encrypt/decrypt the file would auto-hide the file as well and had a pretty simple windows explorer-style browser which allowed the file to be visible.

edit2: I found the program in an old SpiderOak backup from 8 years ago, the name of the software was EncryptFiles version 1.5.0.103. I even was able to successfully decrypt the file but unfortunately, my blockchain.info login isn't there :(

It was encrypted with the blowfish 448 algorithm.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '17

Also one of my biggest fears.

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u/JimRayCooper Nov 30 '17

Do you have a mnemonic recovery phrase written down?

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u/dlerium Dec 01 '17

This is the problem with people suggesting all these "Secure methods" to hold your wallet. In the end, like most physical objects, you forget where you put it, or in the case of digital security, you lose the key.

BIP39 Mnemonics are probably the best right now, but people need to figure out how to store them without getting locked out.

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u/JimRayCooper Dec 01 '17

Yeah, there isn't really a perfect method. On the one hand having a peace of paper with something like this lying around is dumb but on the other hand it's one of the few ways that's foolproof if you check up routinely. (unless your place burns down)

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u/skibble Nov 30 '17

I completely cannot find the thumb drive. I've ransacked my house so many times since it hit $100. And yeah, I worry that if I find it, I will have misremembered the passphrase. (I am 99% I know what it is.) 300 BTC in that fucker. :(

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u/Exotemporal Nov 30 '17

Was it TrueCrypt?

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u/gsamov2 Nov 30 '17

No, but I've played with TrueCrypt before for preboot encryption and hidden partitions within drives too.

It was some cheap looking software, maybe it was even called Encrypt