A powerful utility to hunt down Bitcoin private keys from deleted wallet.dat files or damaged hard drives.
If you accidentally deleted your Bitcoin Core wallet or formatted your disk, this tool can help. It bypasses the file system and scans the raw data directly, looking for the unique "fingerprint" (ASN.1 signature) of Bitcoin private keys to recover them from the digital wreckage.The Graphical User Interface (GUI) is the advanced/premium version. If needed, please visit: https://gitlab.com/8891689/key-elf

Features

  • python
  • cli
  • cryptography
  • multiprocessing
  • incident-response
  • asn1
  • mmap
  • bitcoin-wallet
  • digital-forensics
  • data-recovery
  • security-tool
  • private-key-recovery
  • wallet-dat
  • data-carving
  • forensic-tool
  • wif-converter
  • block-device-scanner

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Apache License V2.0

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Operating Systems

Android, Apple iPhone, ChromeOS, Linux, Mac, Windows

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop, Security, Security Professionals, Testers

User Interface

Command-line, Console/Terminal

Programming Language

Python

Related Categories

Python Crypto Wallets, Python Disk Imaging Software, Python Password Recovery Software

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2025-12-05