Look for the mkey (Master Key) entry in the Berkeley DB structure.
This extracts a hash format like:
For almost all cases, is the “top” (best-practice) extraction path. It’s fast, well-tested, and works across Bitcoin, Litecoin, and other Bitcoin-core-derived wallets. extract hash from walletdat top
python wallet2john.py /path/to/wallet.dat > wallet.hash Look for the mkey (Master Key) entry in
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