I am using Ubuntu for mining and I created an account about a year ago with geth (no idea which version) and mined some ether to it. Since then I reinstalled and updated geth several times and now I am not able to unlock this account to send mined ether to my new wallet.
I tried fresh install of geth 1.5.4 and just copy the keystore file - I can see the accoutnt in the geth console and I also see correct balance but I am still not able to unlock it. I also tried to install geth on different Ubuntu machine, downloaded the whole blockchain but no luck.
How can I unlock this account? Do I need to use older version of geth?
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and here
https://forum.ethereum.org/discussion/2980/geth-wallet-import-fatal
Of course change the 'wallet' to your actual wallet and make a simple text file called password.md with your password in it.
As far as the other two responses about the myetherwallet issues, I don't know what to tell you, I have my password. I guess that's why they say to not lose it. But at half a mil worth of ether in there, I'd work damn hard to figure it out or decrypt the key. I'm sure the encryption is insane, but for that kind of money it would be worth a shot. Hell, I'll give it a shot for a cut of the ethereum.
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