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>>14084388
Thankfully I have link on another account.
But to stake it I need metamask anyway.

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nobody is going to help you here
no frens here, your failure is a win for everybody who holds eth. This is the best advice you can hope for

>>14084551
> failure is a win for everybody who holds eth.
I'm sure most of u have coins on wallets backed by mnemonic.
There is some shady shit going on with mnemonic, how could it work once and now become invalid?
What if the same thing happens to your hardware wallet for example?

If it worked before but not now, you're making some trivial error in transcribing the seed. If it's written in columns, are you reading it in rows or vice versa? Check each word is on the wordlist and that you're spelling it correctly.

>>14084600
is the photo of written text or is it a screenshot of typed text? is there a chance you are misreading one of the words of making a typo? that's really the only thing I can imagine it could be, or you are on some fake version of metamask but if your coins havent been stolen that's probably not it. triple check and try again

>>14084600
oh got you. You fucked up your larp faggot
go FUD on reddit, youtube or twitter, not enough normies on here yet. Come back during fomo in 8 months. Shame on me, I didn't read the OP file name

You probably misspelled a word.

>>14084378
seed phrase can change on updates yes, didn't you write the new one down? it is usually shown in a popup window after update

>>14084600
>Didn't buy a HW
>Took picture of private key/seed
OP you don't give a shit, Thanks for your lose!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

this is a security feature by the way

>>14084667
>>14084662
It is a screenshot of a seed phrase generated by metamask itself when I created my wallet. I don't think there's a typo, because I've made around 20 attempts on different gadgets in both mew and metamask, still getting the same error.

>>14084719
this. it happened too me as well luckily i only had dust in the wallet, fuck metamask you need a trezor bro

>>14084721
What if the same shit happens with HW? I have only a tiny amount of Ether in my metamask, but now I don't want to mess with seed phrases at all because fuck it. So maybe HW isn't that good.
>>14084719
Well this is maybe what happened, however I didn't get any pop-ups... Fuck this stupid extension.

>>14084822
how much was in the wallet?

>>14084842
Less than 1 Ether and some powh shitcoins worth around 0.3 ether.

>>14084853
i was just larping btw fren seeds dont change contact support

>>14084895
> seeds don't change
Well looks like they do. There is no way it is a wrong seed because I even checked the date I made a photo and day of my first transaction in etherscan.
I'll contact support, but I don't think they will give me my pennies back. Actually I can handle it, but I fear now same shit can happen with hardware wallet once I put all my life savings on it.

>>14084774
I would focus on what changed, since you told you're on another pc I'll check the keyboard layout in the OS settings maybe, or shit like that. I'm pretty confident the issue is machine-related, the chances are way higher than your seed words magically become invalid all of a sudden

>>14084936
> seeds don't change
>Well looks like they do
Dude, seriously, don't get stuck on an irrational conclusion and start your cycle of thoughts from >>14084950
You're gonna recover your wallet either way but it's better if you lose less time/patience in the process

>>14084950
I tried on 2 pcs and on my phone, both mew and metamask. Same error all the time.
Also tried typing words in notepad without spaces, pasting them into metamask and making spaces after that (the only suggestion I've found on metamask support forum) still not working.

>>14084936
my advice. buy 2 40GB SSD drives and install Lubuntu Linux on the first SSD, encrypted with LUKS and use a strong password. Backup password at a safe location, then learn it by heart. Then install Brave Browser and setup MetaMask on your fresh Linux Install. Use the second SSD to clone the first HDD, store it as backup at a safe location. Use this setup as cold storage.

Never had trouble desu

>>14084985
Well that's a bitch but still it's highly unlikely that (((they))) fucked up a cryptographical standard to fuck specifically you in the exact timeframe your PC went to the repair shop, because metamask was working till that point, no? Do you get me?

I had a freind who got someone elses account when they recovered their metamask with their seed, weird shit is possible

>>14084378
You dont need the seed words, use the private key in MEW

>>14085047
Seed phrase is not a metamask standard, they can fuck it up all they want but they can't gain arbitrary control over the thing. You're friend probably was lucky enough to misspell the right word. Math doesn't lie, for the rest there's >>>/x/

cross check every word with a dictionary

>>14085029
Thx for the advice however I don't think I'm going to mess with metamask anymore, fuck them.
I don't think I got hacked, because hacker would move coins, but they are still on the address.
>>14085038
Yeah I understand that, I'd already thought that I saved wrong seed, but it worked in the past so the only possible solution is that seed changed without even notifying me, as mentioned here:
>>14084719
>>14084791
Hope this is only metamask issue and won't happen with Trezor for example.

>>14085054
Is it possible to extract private key from dead PC?

>>14085104
>the only possible solution is that seed changed without even notifying me
I don't think this is possible and also googled the thing without any results. Again, I think you should stop spending energy on this hypothesis and try harder with your guessing game, eventually the real problem will come up and you'll be like 'fuck me it was this shit all along kek'

>>14085117
Sure, as long as the hard drive works all your stuff is still there. How was the private key stored? Text document? Json file?

>>14085117
Copy all the browser files (chrome or firefox) from the old pc to the new one, use your password to open the wallet

>>14085200
Well google says that the only metamask private key is a seed phrase.

>>14085244
Yeah I guess this is the only possible solution. Hope it will work, thx.

>>14085251
Maybe the only one that it gives you but still, there's a private key somewhere in your browser app data folder ready to be recovered. But that will be tedious so better to stick with figuring out why the seed isn't working for the moment, also because it would be a shame dropping metamask for a simple lack of understanding it, you'll end up having problems with every single type of wallet in existence if you don't come up with a good understanding of its underlying tech

>>14085272
One more thing, try the seed in MEW

>>14085272
It's a dirty solution that probably won't work, you can copy the files but what about registry keys for example? Your better shot should be to temporarily swap the hard drives and hope that the shit will boot up. If it won't it's a driver problem or cpu related, in both cases you can fix it with an automated bootable disk called 'paragon adaptive restore', I don't remember if it's free or not but shouldn't be an issue to get a copy if you came this far

>>14085251
Correction: seed phrase is the recovery solution for ALL your metamask accounts at once BUT actually you can export the private keys for your various metamask accounts ONE BY ONE

>>14085375
Already tried, getting the same error as in metamask. Looks like once my seed just changed magically, lol.
>>14085393
> swap the hard drives
Okay, will try this at first.

>>14084936
no they don't seeds can't change ever.
You are messing up a word.

However, whatever you decide to do, DON'T write on the old hard drive, DO NOT modify shit. Use it as it was read-only, that's your last ship so don't fuck it up early denying yourself the chance to give a better try when you'll come up with a greater solution. Trust me, I dealt with similar shit countless times. If you have the possibility to clone/backup the hard drive then you can do pretty much anything you want, otherwise better be still

>>14085459
I've only 1 metamask account. Is private key stored somewhere in my chrome folder as json file?

>>14085538
How can I mess up a word for 20 times, on different gadgets and wallets?

>>14085478
send picture, i will try for you

>>14085554
No json file sadly with metamask, you have to export the private key in a text form but to do so you need the OS up and running. So swapping the hard drives is your best shot for the moment

>>14084378
The absolute state of internet meme monies

LOL BIZ I'M AN ABSOLUTE RETARD.
I MISTYPED THE WORD 20 TIMES. MY SEED PHRASE CONTAINS ENGLISH WORD THAT IS ALSO PRESENT IN MY NATIVE LANGUAGE BUT IS WRITTEN DIFFERENTLY, SO I WAS AUTOMATICALLY MISTYPING IT. NOW I COPIED FROM DICTIONARY AND IT WORKED.
Nice that 4chan is anonymous so no one will know my shame. Thanks to any1 who tried to help frens.

>>14085117
you can extract the json (usually it's stored in a json and the private key is encrypted with wallet passphrase)
unless your hard drive is encrypted of course you can recover it
buy a cheap 5$ sata->usb and mount the partition, browse the file system and retrieve the json
at this point you only needs to import it and use the wallet passphrase

>>14084600
you saved the seed phrase, but not the private key? why?

>>14085029
bro just use a raspberry pi

>>14084774
anon that might actually be it, i think metamask does something weird like list the words in columns rather than lines

>>14084719
>seed phrase can change on updates
LOL INTO THE TRASH GOES METAMASK

>>14086138
Fucking retard

>>14086138
did you learn a lesson faggot?

>>14086517
>>14086558

>>14086138
This is hilarious, but I'm glad you recovered your funds fren. You won't make this mistake again, the first time you have to recover from your seed is always the most stressful.

>>14086138
oh well
glad you recovered your funds

>>14086138
Save the fucking private key

>>14086138
What did I told you?

>>14084662
>>14086138
Called it. Glad you got your account back, anon. Now delete that photo and make a proper written backup of your seed.