Well guys, I was about to transfer more than 600 dollars to a market and it asked me for my password before withdrawing. I forgot it. Is there any way I can get this money back? And no... I don't have the recovery pass phrase.
TIFU by forgetting my electrum password
Well guys, I was about to transfer more than 600 dollars to a market and it asked me for my password before withdrawing. I forgot it. Is there any way I can get this money back? And no... I don't have the recovery pass phrase.
[6 Points] tailsjoin:
[5 Points] TotesMessenger:
[3 Points] lordredvampire:
Did you copy the seed passphrase? Otherwise you're screwed. This is basic OpSec man..
[2 Points] attilathehunn:
Hopefully you wrote down those random words that make up the recovery seed.
[2 Points] PhriskyDingough:
You should have written down your seed. The seed is your wallet. memorize the seed. Keep a pencil written copy.
I once lost 2 btc to forgetting a passphrase.... at the time it was worth $10..... now i'm like WTF WAS THAT PASSPHRASE FROM 4 YEARS AGO?
[2 Points] blackhand25:
If you know the wallet generation seed you can recover it with that. Beyond that, nothing jumps to mind beyond telling you to figure out the dang password
[2 Points] Einsteins_Lovechild:
Do you remember if it was a completely random password or something you consciously decided on? I doubt it was random because then why the fuck didn't you write it down. It was probably a variation on some other password you use, or a password you have contemplated using. Fucking sit there and bang away at it. Assume you had caps lock or num lock on when you typed it in the first time (for the love of god can we please kill hidden character passwords yet, it's shit like this). Assume your left index finger was on g instead of f. Etc. You will probably be able to figure it out if you just try to put yourself in your shoes and think "if i wanted to keep my overstock.com shopping funds safe from chinese cyberhacktors, what password would i pick."
I once decrypted an archive after getting the right answer in hour 4 of this method. You know how fucking good that felt? Picture Peggy Hill going "hoooo yeahHHHHH OH GOD THE SEMEN IS EVERYWHERE"
And that is how I saved your $600. If I had opsec like you have password management I would leave an address for you to tip me, so this is a freebie
[1 Points] SlappySpankBank:
Lesson learned.
[1 Points] None:
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[1 Points] cryptocreepo:
I don't know Electrum that well, but there may be options. Did you thoroughly explore you options at the Electrum web site and r/electrum.
[1 Points] Litecoin_Messiah:
Ask this in /r/bitcoin and not over here as it's mostly popcorn material, you would find more helpful answers.
In certain situations there are things to be done. Like memory dumps and whatnot. Unfortunately I don't believe these will work for you, plus you probably deserve this lesson. No backup for your seed or your password? And now you want other people to care about your $600 when you didn't? Get real.