<p>I have taken another crack at it, and ended up succeding.
I followed this guide: <a href="https://walletsrecovery.org/recovery-docs/bitcoinwallet-recovery.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://walletsrecovery.org/recovery-docs/bitcoinwallet-recovery.html</a></p>
<p>BUT i cloned and older repository, i choose release 0.11 as it came out in 2014 and i saw my backup was from 2013.</p>
<p>It is now succesfully syncing.</p>

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<p>I am trying to restore an old bitcoin backup i found in my google drive.</p>
<p>The original backup date is 2013, and i am quite interested to see if there is any money on it :)</p>
<p>I tried to follow this <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet/blob/master/wallet/README.recover.md" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet/blob/master/wallet/README.recover.md</a> but i get an error stating : Unknown wallet version from the future</p>
<p>I found the file named &quot;secret.backup&quot; and i just changed it to &quot;wallet&quot; with no type.</p>
<p>Opening the file in nodepad, the only readable part is : org.bitcoin.production</p>
<p>My end goal would be to check for funds, and transfer to my exodus client</p>

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You should make clear which wallet you were using, at first I assumed you were talking about Bitcoin Core but it seems not.
I would have suggested you directly open an issue on the wallet github as they are more likely to be able to help you, but it seems they have a backlog of issues.
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# Restoring old wallet

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-17)

I am trying to restore an old bitcoin backup i found in my google drive.

The original backup date is 2013, and i am quite interested to see if there is any money on it :)

I tried to follow this <https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet/blob/master/wallet/README.recover.md> but i get an error stating : Unknown wallet version from the future

I found the file named "secret.backup" and i just changed it to "wallet" with no type.

Opening the file in nodepad, the only readable part is : org.bitcoin.production

My end goal would be to check for funds, and transfer to my exodus client

**Tags:** wallet-recovery

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You should make clear which wallet you were using, at first I assumed you were talking about Bitcoin Core but it seems not. I would have suggested you directly open an issue on the wallet github as they are more likely to be able to help you, but it seems they have a backlog of issues.  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2021-05-09. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I have taken another crack at it, and ended up succeding.
I followed this guide: <https://walletsrecovery.org/recovery-docs/bitcoinwallet-recovery.html>

BUT i cloned and older repository, i choose release 0.11 as it came out in 2014 and i saw my backup was from 2013.

It is now succesfully syncing.


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