Recover Wallet password (MultiBit Classic Version : 0.5.14) MAC Back in 2013 my parents bought 2 BTC, put a password on the wallet and haven't touched it sense. I am 80% sure I have the password correct, but no luck. But they were smart enough to back up all of their info, such as the wallet-backup, the key-backup, the Wallet Unenc-backup, and a rolling backup on to CDs.

I tried to move the wallet onto other platforms, but had no luck without the password. I managed to view it on blockchain, but it's labeled as "Watch Only". The only way I can get access to it is if I do QR code scan, but my private key I can get at is a string of numbers and digits in the backup files else I can somehow turn that into a QR code. So I was thinking perhaps the password can be hidden in the .key file or can be opened though the .wallet cipher in the Unenc-backup. This version of MultiBit is old so it does not have the 12 word recovery system please help.
The mbexport app will help with the wallet file in the unenc-backup folder - but that might not contain the main wallet key. If you try to open an encrypted wallet using mbexport, it will ask you for the password.

Sorry I can't be much more help. Without an unencrypted copy of the key, the password is the only way to get the key.


https://github.com/Multibit-Legacy/read-multibit-wallet-file
https://www.npmjs.com/package/mbexport