<p>According to the <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Instawallet" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bitcoin Wiki</a>, Instawallet was launched in April 2011 (you're probably misremembering using it in March) and closed in 2013 after a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/instawallet-suspended-2013-4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">hack</a>. Because it was a web wallet, there is no software for you to download to recover the funds.</p>
<p>The wiki claims that users of Instawallet &quot;can file a claim form to get their funds&quot;, but I couldn't find a source for this and the website is down anyway so I don't know where you'd file that claim.</p>

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I used the instawallet desktop software for my first bitcoin wallet. I have the mnemonic from march 2011 but cant find the software for download. the standards of the wallet in particular the wordlist was different i think and was not adopted into the bitcoin standards later in 2011 and 2012.  interesting that all the sudden here in 2023 I finds a company with the same name as instawallet desktop wallet.  I have been in the bitcoin arena since 2011 and first heard of instawallet online service in 2023.  wtf.  Just when i need the desktop software.
Chadwick Muscovalley
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im not sure if the windows desktop wallet named instawallet was the same company that did the online bitcoin wallets. i found a windows desktop wallet named instawallet for download mon yahoo search for sale at instacart from a user name wylie wille but i was arrested on the way to walmart to put money on my visa to buy it. are there any other wallets with other wordlists from 2011 or wallets that use soome other kind of algorythim besides bip. the bitcoin address is base 58 if that means anything
Chadwick Austin
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2024-09-03T18:20:16.500Z
i found the bitcoin wallet on a wallet comparison webpage. it was cited for its added sceurity features but low compatibility in the 4 wallet comparison web page.
Chadwick Austin
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Vojtěch Strnad
<p>I am looking for instawallet a windows vista desktop software bitcoin wallet that produces mnemonics.  If you know of a download link or have a copy of the software, please let me know.</p>

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2023-11-02T10:14:28.983Z
related: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/103446/13866
RedGrittyBrick
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there is also a software named instawallet. i used it in march of 2011. mnemonic producing window s desktop wallet similar to electrum. bitcoin wallet
Chadwick Muscovalley
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2023-11-02T20:34:13.713Z
At least BIP39 was only proposed in 2013, so I would be surprised if you had a wallet that produced mnemonics in 2011. If you have a mnemonic, you can probably use a generic recovery tool, though.—If you would like to clarify your question, please edit the question post instead of adding answer posts.
Murch
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2023-11-03T15:12:57.437Z
Are you sure your wallet wasn't Electrum version 1? It had mnemonic seed-phrases two years before the 2013 BIP-39 standard, so presumably in 2011.
RedGrittyBrick
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I am looking for a software named instawallet used as a bitcoin wallet in 2011
Chadwick Muscovalley
# I am looking for a software named instawallet used as a bitcoin wallet in 2011

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-11-02)

I am looking for instawallet a windows vista desktop software bitcoin wallet that produces mnemonics. If you know of a download link or have a copy of the software, please let me know.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: related: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/103446/13866  
> **username_0**: there is also a software named instawallet. i used it in march of 2011. mnemonic producing window s desktop wallet similar to electrum. bitcoin wallet  
> **username_2**: At least BIP39 was only proposed in 2013, so I would be surprised if you had a wallet that produced mnemonics in 2011. If you have a mnemonic, you can probably use a generic recovery tool, though.—If you would like to clarify your question, please edit the question post instead of adding answer posts.  
> **username_1**: Are you sure your wallet wasn't Electrum version 1? It had mnemonic seed-phrases two years before the 2013 BIP-39 standard, so presumably in 2011.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2023-11-02. Score: 4

According to the [Bitcoin Wiki](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Instawallet), Instawallet was launched in April 2011 (you're probably misremembering using it in March) and closed in 2013 after a [hack](https://www.businessinsider.com/instawallet-suspended-2013-4). Because it was a web wallet, there is no software for you to download to recover the funds.

The wiki claims that users of Instawallet "can file a claim form to get their funds", but I couldn't find a source for this and the website is down anyway so I don't know where you'd file that claim.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I used the instawallet desktop software for my first bitcoin wallet. I have the mnemonic from march 2011 but cant find the software for download. the standards of the wallet in particular the wordlist was different i think and was not adopted into the bitcoin standards later in 2011 and 2012.  interesting that all the sudden here in 2023 I finds a company with the same name as instawallet desktop wallet.  I have been in the bitcoin arena since 2011 and first heard of instawallet online service in 2023.  wtf.  Just when i need the desktop software.  
> **username_4**: im not sure if the windows desktop wallet named instawallet was the same company that did the online bitcoin wallets. i found a windows desktop wallet named instawallet for download mon yahoo search for sale at instacart from a user name wylie wille but i was arrested on the way to walmart to put money on my visa to buy it. are there any other wallets with other wordlists from 2011 or wallets that use soome other kind of algorythim besides bip. the bitcoin address is base 58 if that means anything  
> **username_4**: i found the bitcoin wallet on a wallet comparison webpage. it was cited for its added sceurity features but low compatibility in the 4 wallet comparison web page.  

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