<p>You have an item named multibit.</p>
<p>There used to be a wallet named Multibit</p>
<p>It was discontinued and replaced by a product named Multibit HD</p>
<p>The Multibit HD product was then discontinued and the business closed. This happened many years ago.</p>
<p>If you <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/multibit">search this website for &quot;multibit&quot;</a> you will find answers to questions about recovering control over money by transferring Multibit wallet contents (keys) into a different Wallet application.</p>

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2023-02-13T13:09:43.830Z
2023-02-13T13:09:43.830Z
RedGrittyBrick
<p>So, if you're wondering whether you've successfully mined BTC as far back as 2011 and would like to recover your funds, there could be a way. However, you would need to remember the password that you created when you first used the Multibit classic wallet. If you do remember the password, you can then check the 'key-backup folder' for key files that have names which look like 'walletname-20140407200768.key.'</p>
<p>If you have these two components, you can recover your address and the private key that controls your wallet using various open-source scripts like <a href="https://github.com/Coding-Enthusiast/FinderOuter" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FinderOuter</a> and <a href="https://github.com/gurnec/btcrecover" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BTCrecovery</a>.</p>

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2023-03-27T05:06:31.600Z
2023-03-27T05:06:31.600Z
Romo
<p>Help me to understand. in 2011 he tried to mine bitcoin. I can't remember exactly how I did it. I accidentally found these folders where did I get them from and what should I do with them?
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Bitcoin mining in 2011 recovery
Egor Saraikin
# Bitcoin mining in 2011 recovery

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-02-13)

Help me to understand. in 2011 he tried to mine bitcoin. I can't remember exactly how I did it. I accidentally found these folders where did I get them from and what should I do with them?
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/4vn1M.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/4vn1M.jpg)

**Tags:** mining-pools, wallet-recovery, recover-private-key


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-02-13. Score: 2

You have an item named multibit.

There used to be a wallet named Multibit

It was discontinued and replaced by a product named Multibit HD

The Multibit HD product was then discontinued and the business closed. This happened many years ago.

If you [search this website for "multibit"](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/multibit) you will find answers to questions about recovering control over money by transferring Multibit wallet contents (keys) into a different Wallet application.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-03-27. Score: 0

So, if you're wondering whether you've successfully mined BTC as far back as 2011 and would like to recover your funds, there could be a way. However, you would need to remember the password that you created when you first used the Multibit classic wallet. If you do remember the password, you can then check the 'key-backup folder' for key files that have names which look like 'walletname-20140407200768.key.'

If you have these two components, you can recover your address and the private key that controls your wallet using various open-source scripts like [FinderOuter](https://github.com/Coding-Enthusiast/FinderOuter) and [BTCrecovery](https://github.com/gurnec/btcrecover).


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