mSIGNA · BTC

Recover a mSIGNA wallet.

mSIGNA is a multi-signature-capable Bitcoin wallet with password-encrypted keys.

Why people get locked out

For a forgotten mSIGNA password on an existing wallet.

Can we recover it?

Yes. mSIGNA is one of the formats that reduces to a check-only extract, so the fleet can test passwords against it safely — finding the password never exposes a key that holds funds. GPU-friendly. You pay 15% only if we recover it, and nothing if we don't.

Under the hood

The mSIGNA extract, in detail.

Exactly what the fleet receives for this format — and why finding the password still can't move the funds.

Anatomy of the extract

What leaves your machine — and what never does

For a mSIGNA wallet, this is the entire check-only extract the fleet receives. It can test a password, but it can never be turned back into a key that spends.

GPU $msigna$
in the extract
  • the last half of the encrypted private key
  • 16 bytes of encrypted padding
stays on your device
  • the first half of the private key — never sent
  • your addresses and balances
how a guess is checked

Predictable padding confirms a correct password; the half-key fragment cannot be turned into a spendable key.

verifier predictable padding
example extract
illustrative · synthetic
$msigna$<half-privkey-hex>$<padding-hex>

Illustrative and synthetic — placeholder bytes.

on the wire

Half an encrypted private key plus 16 bytes of padding.

password math (KDF)
Password-derived key + AES

mSIGNA derives its key from the password and a salt, then AES-encrypts the key material.

how a guess is recognized
predictable padding

Predictable padding confirms a correct password; the half-key fragment cannot be turned into a spendable key.

extract format
$msigna$

An open, published format. The agent checks every job matches it before running — so a real wallet can't be disguised as an extract.

See the full security model, or how a recovery works end to end.