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bitwalletrecover.py - recover compressed private keys from your bitcoin wallet. Requires python3, pycoin (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pycoin), and base58 (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/base58).
import re
import hashlib
import base58
from pycoin.ecdsa import generator_secp256k1, public_pair_for_secret_exponent
def bytetohex(byteStr):
return ''.join( [ "%02X" % x for x in byteStr ] ).strip()
litecoin = [b"\x30", b"\xb0"]
bitcoin = [b"\x00", b"\x80"]
cointype = litecoin
walletHandle = open("C:/Users/alex/Downloads/litecoin-0.8.5.1-win32-setup/data/wallet.dat", "rb")
wallet = walletHandle.read()
privKeys=set(re.findall(b'\x70\x6F\x6F\x6C(.{52})', wallet))
print("Found %d privKeys" % len(privKeys))
for key in privKeys:
key = key[20:]
public_x, public_y = public_pair_for_secret_exponent(generator_secp256k1, int(bytetohex(key), 16))
compressed_public_key = bytes.fromhex("%02x%064x" % (2 + (public_y & 1), public_x))
#https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Technical_background_of_Bitcoin_addresses
m = hashlib.new('ripemd160')
m.update(hashlib.sha256(compressed_public_key).digest())
ripe = m.digest() # Step 2 & 3
extRipe = cointype[0] + ripe # Step 4
chksum = hashlib.sha256(hashlib.sha256(extRipe).digest()).digest()[:4] # Step 5-7
addr = extRipe + chksum # Step 8
print("Address:", base58.b58encode(addr))
# compressed wallet import format http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=CAPg%2BsBhDFCjAn1tRRQhaudtqwsh4vcVbxzm%2BAA2OuFxN71fwUA%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=bitcoin-development
key = cointype[1] + key + b"\x01"
chksum = hashlib.sha256(hashlib.sha256(key).digest()).digest()[:4]
addr = key + chksum # Step 8
print("Private Key:", base58.b58encode(addr),"\n")
walletHandle.close()
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