<p>I found an answer here: <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/103121/119317">Decrypting keys from Multibit</a></p>
<p>The way <a href="https://github.com/Multibit-Legacy/multibit/wiki/Export%20and%20limited%20import%20of%20private%20keys" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Export and limited import of private keys </a> explained is almost right, but it's missing a parameter, <code>-md md5</code>. I added that and it worked.</p>

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<p>I want to recover my bitcoin private key stored by MultiBit. I've written down private key as text while using MultiBit classic. I don't remember how I get the text of private key. The text consists of two line. First line has 128 characters and starts with <code>U</code> and contains <code>+</code>. Second line has 52 characters and starts with <code>q</code>, contains <code>/</code>.</p>
<p>As far as I know, the text may be encrypted. And I also wrote down password, so I assume I can decrypt the text with the password, but I don't know how.</p>
<p>I've tried the instruction of <a href="https://github.com/Multibit-Legacy/multibit/wiki/Export%20and%20limited%20import%20of%20private%20keys" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Export and limited import of private keys</a> with pasting the text to a file and executed the <code>openssl</code> command. However, I've got <code>bad decrypt</code> message and 64 bytes result file. It doesn't seem successful.</p>
<p>I want to how to decrypt my private key text and get valid private key.</p>

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How to decrypt MultiBit private key with 128 bytes line and 52 bytes line?
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# How to decrypt MultiBit private key with 128 bytes line and 52 bytes line?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-07)

I want to recover my bitcoin private key stored by MultiBit. I've written down private key as text while using MultiBit classic. I don't remember how I get the text of private key. The text consists of two line. First line has 128 characters and starts with `U` and contains `+`. Second line has 52 characters and starts with `q`, contains `/`.

As far as I know, the text may be encrypted. And I also wrote down password, so I assume I can decrypt the text with the password, but I don't know how.

I've tried the instruction of [Export and limited import of private keys](https://github.com/Multibit-Legacy/multibit/wiki/Export%20and%20limited%20import%20of%20private%20keys) with pasting the text to a file and executed the `openssl` command. However, I've got `bad decrypt` message and 64 bytes result file. It doesn't seem successful.

I want to how to decrypt my private key text and get valid private key.

**Tags:** multibit, recover-private-key, private-key-format


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2021-04-07. Score: 1

I found an answer here: [Decrypting keys from Multibit](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/103121/119317)

The way [Export and limited import of private keys](https://github.com/Multibit-Legacy/multibit/wiki/Export%20and%20limited%20import%20of%20private%20keys)  explained is almost right, but it's missing a parameter, `-md md5`. I added that and it worked.


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