Recovering a Bitcoin wallet and address

Hey, I need a bit of help getting my Bitcoin address back. I’ve got this old Bitcoin address from 2014 with a tiny amount of 0.00127 Bitcoin sitting in it, and I really want to retrieve that. I think this address might belong to blockchain.com, but I’m not entirely sure. Is there a way to check if it’s a blockchain.com address, and does that even matter? I also have an old wallet from blockchain.com, and I saved the 12 recovery words back in 2018. When I logged into my account in 2024, I could see my Bitcoin address and the amount, but oddly enough, I couldn't access it because it wasn't linked to a wallet. I had to verify my blockchain.com account, and after doing that, I ended up with a new wallet (possibly a DeFi wallet?), but now I can't find the old address anymore. Do you think I should try restoring my old wallet to fix this? Can I only restore my old wallet through blockchain.com or can I do it with another provider too? Thanks in advance for any help!

The only way to be sure, is to find that address in your account. But it looks like you already found it there. That blockchain.info/.com webwallet is an endless source of problems. This is what I have collected on them: My guess is it could have to do with the last option in this list.

What you have is your Bitcoin wallet, and what you need is recover your wallet to access your bitcoin. There is nothing if you have your Bitcoin address, as you only can check it balance with Bitcoin block explorers, or import that address to have a Watch-only wallet that is unspendable. You have wallet seed words, so you can import it to Electrum wallet, choose BIP39. In this thread, there are steps for import it to Electrum. [Guide] Use CPFP if your stucked transactions from blockchain.com wallet Use Electrum wallet safely. [GUIDE] How to Safely Download and Verify Electrum [Guide]The paranoid user's security guide for using Electrum safely.

The blockchain.com wallet always gives weird and unresolved bugs. Did you try the forgot password wallet option? And you said you saw the address and balance then why you said it wasn't in a wallet? You mean kind of watch only wallet?

Thank You All for your answers. I logged in to my Blockchain account and I found the old address with the Bitcoin in it. There is a description that says: "Imported Bitcoin addresses Imported funds are not protected by your Recovery Phrase. To ensure these funds are secured, please transfer them directly into your wallet. 'Verify Message'  (button)" "Address  12D.... Balance 0,00127 BTC 'Actions' Manage  (menu) Archive Private Key Sign Message Send " What does this mean - what would happen if I pressed 'Verify Message' button? I'm a little anxious, because earlier when I tried to use the Bitcoin in my Blockchain account a popup appeared and asked me to tap it to transfer the Bitcoin to the wallet from my address, unfortunately I did tap it and I regretted this action immediately, because I lost more than 10 $ by tapping it. What should I do, which 'Action' could I choose that would maximize the amount of Bitcoin I can use? If I choose the 'Send' option I can send the full amount of Bitcoin (minus the transaction fee) to an another Bitcoin address? Thank You for your answer in advance!

It'll probably ask you for a message to verify. It sounds like a transaction fee. That's normal, but customizable. I'd export the private key, use Electrum, and manually set the fee. Probably. But you're using a wallet that isn't recommended and is the source of many topics here about problems it causes. So it's better to never use them again and export your keys.

I second the import Private Key method mentioned by LoyceV. (the wallet is online so make sure that your machine is totally secured) But to be honest, I'm particularly curious if they've already fixed the issue of displaying the compressed WIF format of old imported uncompressed WIF which leads to address mismatch when importing to other wallet. The steps:Export the private key WIF via "Private Key" option.Verify and Install Electrum: electrum.org/#download | bitcoinelectrum.com/how-to-verify-your-electrum-downloadDuring wallet creation, select "Import Bitcoin addresses or private keys" and paste your private key.Finish creating the wallet, wait for it to sync and send using that wallet with the fee slider set to your preferred sat/vB fee. Now, if it shows a WIF (Wallet Import Format) private key that starts with "K" or "L" and it didn't restored the correct address after import (View->Show Addresses), the issue is still there. If that happens, use this method to encode the private key to the correct format: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5517924.msg64733265#msg64733265

The private key in question is "imported" so, even if he restore that 12-word (BIP39) recovery phrase to other clients, the imported private key will not be recovered alongside with it. Read OP's last reply since it has a quote containing an important note regarding that: Anyways, it could restore the wallet containing the imported key when restored in their own website/app Because they can link an existing WalletID and wallet.aes.json file if "something" from the restored recovery phrase matched. (not that the 12-words can actually restore it) But that's not what OP needs since he already have found it under his imported private keys list. The current outstanding issue is how to spend it as cheap as possible.

Since you only want to minimize costs, send from Blockchain directly to the buyer's address and choose the cheapest fee advertised on https://mempool.space/ if possible, or choose the slow transaction (cheaper) if you want to spend them. If you want to keep them, create a wallet in Electrum; by default, they are SegWit (bc1), and since SegWit transactions are smaller and more efficient, they are cheaper in terms of fees. Or, as mentioned above, export the private key into Electrum and customize your fees(Verify that it is not lower than the recommended one to avoid getting stuck in the mempool).