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as far as i understand, only wallet.db file was necessary, and chantools gave me the xprv... string from the wallet.db after running the command.
Does this mean that if someone steals our wallet.db file they can steal the funds?
Good Point.
I guess that's why it's considered a hot wallet, right?
You could mitigate this concern by using return addresses designated to a cold wallet.
yep, chantools is a great tool and if you have the wallet.db it is very useful.
You learned a very important lesson. Good job!
the database folder already contain the keys, that's why it worked. He replaced default folder with old one.
@zapsammy is saying that you only need the db. I find that strange too!
i also had the password, so that wud have to be brute-forced, unless it's an empty string password (i.e. no password).
Now that makes sense!
I must have misunderstood, were you able to recover the funds with just the database file? Without the private key?