<p>As of December 2024 it seems ...</p>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/gurnec/btcrecover" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Christopher Guernee (guernec)</a> created and maintained this tool until 2017</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/madacol/btcrecover" rel="nofollow noreferrer">madacol</a> made a fork adding P2SH support I think, but has not made any updates between 2017 and 2024.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/3rdIteration/btcrecover" rel="nofollow noreferrer">3rditeration</a> forked madacol's fork and probably was responsible for adding taproot support. There have been updates in 2024.</li>
</ul>
<p>If I was using BTC recover I would download the source code of the most recently maintained version from what seems superficially to be the most respectable source. I would inspect the source code as far as I am reasonably able to. I would only run this on a machine that is completely isolated from the Internet and which would remain so until after its persistent storage was wiped clean.</p>

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<p>BTCrecover is often suggested as a tool for recovering partly forgotten wallet passwords etc. Who maintains this software?</p>

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Who maintains BTCRecover?
RedGrittyBrick
# Who maintains BTCRecover?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-12-09)

BTCrecover is often suggested as a tool for recovering partly forgotten wallet passwords etc. Who maintains this software?

**Tags:** wallet-recovery


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2024-12-09. Score: 0

As of December 2024 it seems ...

* [Christopher Guernee (guernec)](https://github.com/gurnec/btcrecover) created and maintained this tool until 2017
* [madacol](https://github.com/madacol/btcrecover) made a fork adding P2SH support I think, but has not made any updates between 2017 and 2024.
* [3rditeration](https://github.com/3rdIteration/btcrecover) forked madacol's fork and probably was responsible for adding taproot support. There have been updates in 2024.

If I was using BTC recover I would download the source code of the most recently maintained version from what seems superficially to be the most respectable source. I would inspect the source code as far as I am reasonably able to. I would only run this on a machine that is completely isolated from the Internet and which would remain so until after its persistent storage was wiped clean.


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