amustafa / recovering-incomplete-monero-mnemonic

Recovering Incomplete Monero Wallet

Challenge by this post.

This was used to recover the funds from the steemit post linked above. The post reads:

During Christmas in 2014, I made Monero wallets as stocking stuffers. Each wallet had a 100 monero in it ($25 at the time, now about $180). I'm not the most detailed orientated person, so needless to say, I forgot a word on one of the wallets. I never gave it away--figuring it would make a nice prize for someone with free time and a dictionary hack.

Installation

Note: Instruction only tested on Ubuntu

1. Clone repo
2. Run pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Add firefox webdriver for selenium to the path.

How to use

Run the module with the incomplete mnemonic and any wallets with a non-zero transaction history with be printed to the console. python recover_mm_wallet [INCOMPLETE_MNEMONIC]

Example: python recover_mm_wallet mailed large soothe doctor onward odds zodiac avidly addicted fishing shyness avidly

Original Write Up

https://steemit.com/monero/@amustafa/recovering-an-incomplete-monero-mnemonic-wallet

Note: The write-up describes the original path to completing the challenge. I updated the code to make it a little easier for people to use and understand. The logical steps are the same but this works differently.

Donations

ETH: 0x1819c59cA38366A193C8fa02170F254fc9e942E0

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