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New to hashcat, help needed. - Mason2401 - 12-13-2017
Hi, I'm just starting to use hashcat. I primarily need it to get into my old Litecoin core wallet from 2014(forgot passphrase). I was hoping someone here could point me towards some guides/tutorials on how to use hashcat to specifically unlock a wallet.dat file. Unfortunately, I'm not doing very well in tracking down the resources I need on youtube or google.
I have a Geforce GTX 1070 on my rig, and so far I've tried btcrecover with a possible password+typos list, and after hours of work I'm still no closer, which means the passphrase is probably nothing like I thought it was. I figured hashcat was my best bet now. Thanks.
RE: New to hashcat, help needed. - slyexe - 12-14-2017
You need to bitcoin2john.py to obtain the hash in order to use hashcat. Then familiarize yourself with the wiki and creating a proper wordlist regarding your password. Wallet's have a very slow cracking speed so you should be seeing about 3300-3500h/s. So if unless you have a great idea for a large portion of the password you're going to be waiting a long time.
Good luck!