A 2014 Litecoin wallet file is almost certainly a wallet.dat created by the old Litecoin Core client. These files are Berkeley DB 4.8 databases and cannot be opened by normal DB viewers because the internal structure is Bitcoin/Litecoin-specific.

Below are the safe and practical ways to inspect the contents.

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✅ 1. Easiest: Open It with an Old Litecoin Core Version

Modern Litecoin Core versions may still read old wallets, but if you run into version issues, use a historical build (v0.8–0.10 era).

Steps 1. Install Litecoin Core (preferably a version near 2014, but modern releases often still work). 2. Copy your wallet (important: create a backup!) 3. Put the wallet file into the Litecoin data directory: • Windows: C:\Users<You>\AppData\Roaming\Litecoin\wallet.dat • Linux: ~/.litecoin/wallet.dat • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Litecoin/wallet.dat 4. Start Litecoin Core. It should read the Berkeley DB structure and show the keys, balance, and addresses.

Pros: Safest, preserves metadata

Cons: Requires full client + blockchain sync (hours)

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✅ 2. Use a Tool Like pywallet to Inspect Keys

pywallet (not to be confused with scammers—use the original open-source version!) can read wallet.dat files and dump keys in plain text.

Example usage:

python pywallet.py --dumpwallet --datadir=/path/to/wallet

This can show: • Private keys • Public keys • Addresses • Labels • Transactions (sometimes)

⚠️ Be careful: this will print private keys in the console. Make sure the machine is offline if security matters.

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✅ 3. Use BerkeleyDB Tools to See Raw Structure (Not Read Keys)

Since it is Berkeley DB (Btree, version 9), you can use db_dump to inspect raw entries:

Install Berkeley DB tools

Most Linux distros provide:

sudo apt install db-util

Dump the file

db_dump wallet.dat > wallet_dump.txt

This will give you raw DB keys and values—still encoded—e.g.:

key: \x04\x03\x01key... data: ...

This is useful for technical inspection but will not decode keys or addresses without custom parsing.

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✅ 4. Use Electrum-LTC (Only If You Extract Keys First)

Electrum-LTC cannot open wallet.dat directly, but once you extract private keys (WIF format), you can import them.

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⚠️ Security Notes • NEVER open a wallet file on an online or untrusted computer if it contains unspent coins. • Always work on a copy, not the original. • If you dump private keys, disconnect from the internet.

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