I just dug up my old blockchain.com wallet from 2012 and I've got this aes.json file. I went to the import page and entered my password, which I know is right. After that, it prompts me to create a new password, but when I try to do that, nothing seems to work. What's the deal? How can I access my wallet?
Perhaps you can check with the support team. They will not know your seed and things but they can guide you about what to do. Blockchain.com changed a lot since 2012. It used to be .info back then.
Right, I remember the website really well. Any other ways to recover it?
When I put the password it asks me to use a new one, after I click on continue nothing happens
Before reaching out to Blockchain.com support, I would try at least using BTCRecover tool[1] on that file. The tool allows you to dump/decrypt your wallet, provided that the password that you have is correct. Run the line of code that is mentioned in the documentation and you'll obtain a .txt file where you'll see the private keys associated with your wallet.
Next step would be to import them[2] or, better yet, sweep them[1] into a wallet like Electrum. As always, you should do these operations in an airgapped environment to ensure the safety of the operation.
PS: As always, make a copy of your file before running this tool, just in case something bad happens.
[1]https://btcrecover.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Decrypting_dumping_walletfiles/#decryptingdumping-with-main-password
[2]https://bitcoinelectrum.com/importing-your-private-keys-into-electrum/
[2]https://bitcoinelectrum.com/sweeping-your-private-keys-into-electrum/
It asks for a new password? Then you probably set a second password or password to authorize signing transactions from the wallet, the first one would only be used to access the wallet. Do you remember setting another password besides this one?
The way you reported, you probably set a second password, this means that if you don't remember it you can try to use bruteforce tools like btcrecover as instructed by RickDeckard.
If you have a wallet password, you can access your wallet and spend your bitcoin. I am unsure that you can not access your wallet after typing your wallet password correctly. Blockchain.com maybe ask you to set up a new password, is it what they do?
If you forgot your password, you can restore your wallet with wallet brute force, if you have access to your email.
Following
https://login.blockchain.com/#/recover
https://login.blockchain.com/wallet/forgot-password
https://login.blockchain.com/#/reminder
Get your wallet ID in your email and start your wallet recovery.
Brute-force your online blockchain.info wallet with btcrecover. They changed domain name from blockchain.info to blockchain.com.
Small update. I was able to find the first password and with BTCRECOVER I dumped the wallet info. In the file there are some informations such as
"addr": "",
"priv": "",
"privkey_compressed": "",
"privkey_uncompressed": ""
}
The address doesn't have any Bitcoin on it. Is that my old wallet? If so, there's no point on recovering the second password, right?
Thank you
Take the extracted keys and import them into a bitcoin wallet like Electrum or bluewallet, you can sweep the balance of these private keys directly if you find it necessary.
Whether the private key is in compressed format (starting with L or K) or uncompressed (starting with 5), these softwares will detect and import/sweep the balance into a new wallet.
In the case of import, the wallet will import the private key, but you must transfer it to a new wallet and you can create a new wallet in the mentioned softwares.
I believe you need to correctly enter both passwords, as the second password in addition to your seed generated a completely new set of wallets. Until you accurately enter the full seed + password, you won't see an accurate address or wallet relative to your balance.
The first password you are entering is likely to access the wallet, while the second password will grant you access to the set of wallets with the additional '25th word' layer of security.