~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/ Note: In Finder, click "Go" > "Go to Folder" and paste: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin
Open Command Prompt or Terminal and navigate to the Bitcoin Core installation folder (where bitcoind.exe lives). Run: bitcoind -salvagewallet This tool brute-forces reading the Berkeley DB (the old database format Bitcoin Core uses) and tries to extract private keys from a broken file. Bitcoin Core Wallet.dat
pywallet is an open-source Python script that can extract keys from corrupted wallets. You will need Python installed. pywallet --dumpwallet --wallet /path/to/corrupt/wallet.dat You will need Python installed
If you are running Bitcoin Core (formerly Bitcoin QT), your entire financial future resides in this file. Lose it, and your Bitcoin are gone forever. Let a hacker access it, and they are gone. Corrupt it, and you face sleepless nights. Let a hacker access it, and they are gone