I have the following stored in my secure password manager from the presale:
- A 40-character hexadecimal address
- A 64-character hexadecimal private key
- A list of 24 mnemonic words
- Something I called "ethereum purchase password", a 16-character string with numbers, letters and punctuation characters.
- A json file containing my wallet
I'm trying to import this json file into ethereum wallet, and it asks for a password. When I use my "ethereum purchase password," it says the password is wrong. Not sure what the problem is, but I assume I should be able to recover my password from the mnemonic words. How do I do this?
Best Answer
Are you aware of the bug in the Mist wallet? It is exactly what you explained or did I misunderstand? If you are confident you are entering the correct pass then its likely the bug. users reported a bug, and devs confirmed that in some cases entering the correct password will fail stating wrong PW when its actually correct. You could use the Kraken json converter that would put the coins online and then send directly to your local wallet. I personally don't leave any coins other than what I am actively trading at that moment online anymore since the Cryptsy disaster. Hope this helps, search for password bug and you will see posts from people much smarter than me :) Good luck