I lost my wallet. What should I do?

There was an account on the website, but I can’t remember any account.

Search your email account for your account creation confirmation. Useful search terms may include “Bitcoin”, “Wallet”, “Exchange”, “BTC”, “Blockchain” or “Cryptocurrency”. If you buy Bitcoin, you may want to see an old bank statement. There is no Bitcoin user or a global register of the service, so we can’t help you if you can’t find something that might be lucky.

There was a web wallet, but the service was terminated.

If the Bitcoin balance is raised in the service, it may be lost. Investigate the name of the service and decide what happened to the service.

The wallet service still exists, but access has been lost.

We cannot help because we have no insight into customer relationships with the service. Contact your service and start your account recovery process.

I had my early wallet, lost my wallet and no backup.

The Bitcoin balance is tracked through the blockchain and the main purpose of the user’s bitcoin wallet is to set ownership and protect the private key used to track the transactions related to the key. The core space is huge. If you lose your wallet, the same key will not be played and no one can spend the relevant funds.

I had my early wallet and there was still a device.

Looking at this wallet can help you remember the wallet you used. If you still have a wallet file, you can recover your funds. The name of the related file depends on the software used, but one of the most common file names wallet.dat. If you find a wallet file, you will first make a backup before recovering your wallet.

There are 12 or 24 word backups. What should I do?

This is called the Nimonic Seed phrase. This is a standardized way to back up your wallet’s private key. Keep words confidential and do not enter words in websites or untrusted software. You must be able to recover your wallet from the phrase. You can find a way to recover your wallet on this site.

A few years ago I bought a bitcoin card at the pharmacy.

If you do not know the details of the card or the details of the business that made the card, you will not be able to recover control of the money related to the card.

_{¹ Inspired by Lost Bitcoin card}