Issues with recovering Blocktrail (btc.com) wallet for P2PKH/P2SH

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coin2018Member
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#1May 10, 2022, 08:33 PM
Hey folks I dug up an old PDF for wallet recovery from blocktrail.com. (Just to show you, there's a public version floating around on google) Now, I've got a few questions: First, I've got two QR codes that have an XPUB and two different derivation paths (m/0 and m/9999). When I scan the second QR code, the XPUB indicates there's about 2BTC sitting in a P2PKH address. But when I used the recovery tool over on recovery.blocktrail.com, it generates addresses in P2SH format and I can't seem to recover any balance. So here are my main questions: - What exactly do those two QR codes represent? Are they legitimate public keys, meaning those BTC are still in my wallet? - How can I recover the wallet as P2PKH so I can actually access those coins? I've looked through the entire blocktrail SDK, and it only lets me extract scrypt-based xpub/xpriv. Appreciate any help!
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#2May 11, 2022, 12:11 AM
Do you have the private keys or the seed or anything else like what is shown in your link? The XPUB is your public key, there is no way to recover anything from it, all it does is generate addresses that your private seed can access. You need the private keys or recovery phrase to do anything. -Dave
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gr3g.0rbitHero Member
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#3May 11, 2022, 12:17 AM
On the step 1 of recovery, have you clicked "+ Add Pubkey" to add another text box where you can put the second xpub? How about the recovery tool from the actual/updated domain? (recovery.btc.com) You can directly import the .pdf file there to see if it makes a difference. Anyways, here's the archived version of their official announcement when they terminated the wallet service, link: https://web.archive.org/web/20220331180654mp_/https://wallet.btc.com/#/announcement It has a link to their recovery support email that you can try if they are still active. Maybe unrelated but, there was also a discussion here at that time: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5386357.0
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coin2018Member
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#4May 11, 2022, 05:02 AM
I have everything.
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#5May 11, 2022, 08:19 AM
I directly imported the PDF file. Also tried manually entering the pubkeys. Main issue is that it doesn't generate the same XPUB as displayed on my QR codes. I tried new wallets generated by their SDK, the same thing happens. So it makes me wonder if those QR codes are actually my wallet, or maybe they are just the blocktrail pubkeys as third party of the 2-3 signature
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coin_sigmaLegendary
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#6May 12, 2022, 12:32 PM
I tried to search but no clues if the QR code there is yours or not. Why not try to contact the support? The pdf backup file contains email and support secret numbers you can provide it to them and ask if you can able to recover your old wallet that generated a P2PKH address.
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coin2018Member
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#7May 12, 2022, 01:19 PM
It' impossible to contact support. I noticed it uses Insight API and blocktrail API to recover the wallet, but since those are both out of service, i guess my BTC is lost.
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coin2018Member
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#8May 12, 2022, 02:48 PM
https://imgur.com/a/AvVOivz As you can see, when i import the XPUB by itself, i can see the funds. Once i import the same XPUB as 2-of-3, there is no balance showing up.
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#9May 12, 2022, 06:57 PM
Can you share what it looks like elsewhere? This website wants me to create an account, and after that wants me Paypal details before I can view a file. That means the funded address is not multisig, and you only need the seed that created the xpub.
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colddiamondHero Member
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#10May 12, 2022, 10:01 PM
Which should be the seed that is given at least in the example. That is ALL that should be needed if it's legit. Import the 24 words and that should be that. You may have to adjust the derivation path, but that is it. -Dave
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gr3g.0rbitHero Member
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#11May 13, 2022, 01:38 AM
One thing's for sure, Blocktrail/BTC.com never issued P2PKH to their clients, it's always 2-of-3 MultiSig. So, it's either what you're guessing or the funds are just sent to the derived P2PKH address unintentionally. (like imported the xpub to a wallet and used it to receive BTC) Is your backup V1 (developer)? Since it has that extra blocktrailKey @m/9999'. In that case, I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the developer version which may be different than V2 or V3 backups. Try to contact neutraLTC to check if he knows if the V1 blocktrailKeys are recoverable from your backups mnemonics. @others Those mnemonic phrases in the backup aren't actually the BIP39 seed phrases of the MultiSig wallet. Those are actually what is "labeled" but converted into a BIP39 mnemonic. In other words, deriving the seed from it isn't the correct way to get the master key and extended keys, the source entropy must be derived from it instead. Examples: Encrypted Primary Seed The source entropy is, which is the "Encrypted Primary Seed": Backup Seed The source entropy is, which is the "Backup Seed" (backupSeed - 256Bits): Reference: https://github.com/blocktrail/wallet-recovery-tool/blob/master/src/libs/blocktrail-sdk/docs/KEYS.md#print-recovery-sheet
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coin2018Member
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#12May 13, 2022, 03:34 AM
The wallet is V3 My guess is still those QR codes show the pubkey for the blocktrail wallet, and i don't have those xprv keys to those.
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gr3g.0rbitHero Member
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#13May 13, 2022, 04:27 AM
Yes, in V2 or V3, it should be Blocktrail's. Usually the backup has your two cosigner keys derived from "primarySeed" and "backupSeed", then one pubKey from Blocktrail. It's unusual to see a second blocktrailKey for V3 backup, but I'm not very familiar with it so I'd still suggest you to contact the (former?) Blocktrail representative here in Bitcointalk. Here's the BTC.com/Blocktrail official thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1572823.0
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