Blockchain2john Not Working for early Blockchain Wallets
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- C
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Description
Blockchain2john still not working on Early Blockchain Wallets. Please see attached file.
wallet.zip
Btcrecover can solve it by changing the entropy to 6.9
btcrecover/btcrecover/btcrpass.py
Line 1817 in 4016a9c
if entropy_bits < 7.2:
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Research direction
Start at the blockchain2john entry point and test it with the attached wallet.zip, then compare the wallet handling with btcrecover/btcrpass.py at line 1817 and its entropy condition. Done means early Blockchain wallets produce usable output for password recovery, with the behavior verified against the supplied wallet.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, python
- Domain
- blockchain, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100