# Getting back into crypto, but can’t find my ada **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Technical Support\ **Created:** [24 December 2024 03:00 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210 "2024-12-24T03:00:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rancher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/rancher/32/82759_2.png) [@Rancher](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Rancher)\ **Post date:** [24 December 2024 03:00 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/1 "2024-12-24T03:00:21Z")
Hello, I apologize in advance as this has probably been asked before. I all but forgot about my crypto holdings and only recently started getting interested in it again. My XRP is safely stored offline, but when I went to check the wallet I thought I sent my ADA to, it’s no longer there. I can see the dates I transferred it out of Coinbase, but when I plug the wallet address into Cardano scan, well, frankly I don’t understand how to interpret it as I’m a novice. I’ve checked my Daedalus wallet that I supposedly sent it to and it’s empty. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Zyroxa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/zyroxa/32/17790_2.png) [@Zyroxa](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Zyroxa)\ **Post date:** [24 December 2024 07:05 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/2 "2024-12-24T07:05:02Z")
Are you using a Ledger device? Try to connect your Ledger with [adalite.io](http://adalite.io) to see if you are able to see your funds there. ---
**Author:** ![HeptaSean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/heptasean/32/82306_2.png) [@HeptaSean](https://forum.cardano.org/u/HeptaSean)\ **Post date:** [24 December 2024 07:49 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/3 "2024-12-24T07:49:15Z")
Would need a _lot_ more details to try to find out what you are looking at. Did your address(es) back then start with `addr1…`, with `Ddz…`, or with `Ae2…`? Do you still have your seed phrase (or your hardware wallet)? That you can’t see your ADA in an explorer could just be that you did a transaction and Daedalus put them on another (change) address afterwards. It always does that, allegedly for privacy reasons. So, if you use Daedalus (or Yoroi for that matter), you don’t have just _one_ address, but your wallet consists of many, many addresses. Most other wallet apps are using single-address mode nowadays. That you can’t see your ADA in Daedalus could be that it just isn’t finished synchronising. That can take many days (and will use close to 200 GiB of disk space). The vast majority of people have no advantage whatsoever from Daedalus and its resource hunger, really don’t need a full node wallet app. If you are on a wallet with `addr1…` addresses, you can just import the _same_ wallet – using the hardware wallet or the seed phrase – in any of the wallet apps listed at [https://cardano.org/what-is-ada#wallets](https://cardano.org/what-is-ada#wallets) and should see your wallet in seconds. If your addresses start with `Ddz…` or `Ae2` addresses that means that it is an old “Byron” wallet (outdated for four years). There are not many wallet apps left that can handle them and it would be wise to send the ADA to a newly created – Shelley – wallet as soon as possible. For these, you either have to get Daedalus running somehow or you can try [adalite.io](http://adalite.io) and/or [adawallet.io](http://adawallet.io), the only two light wallet apps that can handle Byron wallets (with more or less compatibility to Daedalus). ---
**Author:** ![Rancher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/rancher/32/82759_2.png) [@Rancher](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Rancher)\ **Post date:** [24 December 2024 15:14 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/4 "2024-12-24T15:14:59Z")
Morning, Yes i still have the seed phrase and restored/resynched my Daedalus wallet fully, but it’s still showing empty. Wallet that I sent it to when I transferred it out of Coinbase starts with Ddz (I’m fairly certain with was my Daedalus wallet at the time because I physically wrote it down when I copied my 15 word recovery phase). Once I find out what wallet I sent it to, I plan on sending it all to my offline Ledger, but I need to figure out why it’s not appearing in the Daedalus I sent it to. ---
**Author:** ![Zyroxa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/zyroxa/32/17790_2.png) [@Zyroxa](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Zyroxa)\ **Post date:** [24 December 2024 15:26 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/5 "2024-12-24T15:26:01Z")
So its most likely a legacy Byron wallet. You can use your seedphrase and simply restore it on [adalite.io](http://adalite.io) or [adawallet.io](http://adawallet.io) and then transfer the funds to your hardware wallet address. ---
**Author:** ![Rancher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/rancher/32/82759_2.png) [@Rancher](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Rancher)\ **Post date:** [24 December 2024 15:44 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/6 "2024-12-24T15:44:09Z")
Ok I’ll give that a try and see if there’s any success. Gratitude for your help. I haven’t touched my wallets since 2021 so my knowledge is a little rusty. ---
**Author:** ![HeptaSean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/heptasean/32/82306_2.png) [@HeptaSean](https://forum.cardano.org/u/HeptaSean)\ **Post date:** [24 December 2024 19:05 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/7 "2024-12-24T19:05:05Z")
> [@Rancher](#): > > Ddz … 15 word That is … unlikely. `Ddz` is a Daedalus wallet. Daedalus used 12 words for Byron. Yoroi always used 15 words for everything, Byron as well as Shelley, and a derivation method that lead to `Ae2` addresses. ---
**Author:** ![Rancher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/rancher/32/82759_2.png) [@Rancher](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Rancher)\ **Post date:** [24 December 2024 22:38 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/8 "2024-12-24T22:38:20Z")
I just attempted to restore on the sites you mentioned and still have nothing. When I enter the address into Cardano chain I can see the transfers I originally made but I have no idea how to interpret the info I’m seeing. Frankly I’m at a loss ---
**Author:** ![Zyroxa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/zyroxa/32/17790_2.png) [@Zyroxa](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Zyroxa)\ **Post date:** [25 December 2024 06:55 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/9 "2024-12-25T06:55:30Z")
Can you please post that address here? ---
**Author:** ![Rancher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/rancher/32/82759_2.png) [@Rancher](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Rancher)\ **Post date:** [25 December 2024 15:07 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/11 "2024-12-25T15:07:34Z")
DdzFFzCqrhsxenNi511A45a4fq1WxeBJVzzJmoHLWr8BcJsdqnjEUQ2riVCmy1ssskaJo23tpi2NxpXiFimZS2o5WMPiyf3ckxJvKEdZ ---
**Author:** ![Zyroxa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/zyroxa/32/17790_2.png) [@Zyroxa](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Zyroxa)\ **Post date:** [25 December 2024 15:08 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/12 "2024-12-25T15:08:53Z")
So you did try to restore that wallet on [adawallet.io](http://adawallet.io) or [adalite.io](http://adalite.io) correct? Did you see a transaction history or were the wallet completly empty? ---
**Author:** ![Rancher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/rancher/32/82759_2.png) [@Rancher](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Rancher)\ **Post date:** [25 December 2024 15:27 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/13 "2024-12-25T15:27:24Z")
Yea I tried to restore there. The wallet was empty and zero transaction history is showing ---
**Author:** ![HeptaSean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/heptasean/32/82306_2.png) [@HeptaSean](https://forum.cardano.org/u/HeptaSean)\ **Post date:** [25 December 2024 15:40 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/14 "2024-12-25T15:40:06Z")
That address doesn’t have anything on it anymore: [https://adastat.net/addresses/DdzFFzCqrhsxenNi511A45a4fq1WxeBJVzzJmoHLWr8BcJsdqnjEUQ2riVCmy1ssskaJo23tpi2NxpXiFimZS2o5WMPiyf3ckxJvKEdZ](https://adastat.net/addresses/DdzFFzCqrhsxenNi511A45a4fq1WxeBJVzzJmoHLWr8BcJsdqnjEUQ2riVCmy1ssskaJo23tpi2NxpXiFimZS2o5WMPiyf3ckxJvKEdZ) Three years ago – on 2021-10-03 – everything was moved to another address in three transactions: [https://adastat.net/transactions/d612af3e0e57fc5f8d1bb70adda67defcd6747eacb7723c14c06c654ccf4a99e#outputs](https://adastat.net/transactions/d612af3e0e57fc5f8d1bb70adda67defcd6747eacb7723c14c06c654ccf4a99e#outputs) [https://adastat.net/transactions/d808dd4effa0c972c9bcef7517b7101be9abbf921dcde234a3d74449fe9c9cf0#outputs](https://adastat.net/transactions/d808dd4effa0c972c9bcef7517b7101be9abbf921dcde234a3d74449fe9c9cf0#outputs) [https://adastat.net/transactions/f72bfac63acd9c93002fd2e65771433d12fc8bf939aa91e291c0b2f003e91145#outputs](https://adastat.net/transactions/f72bfac63acd9c93002fd2e65771433d12fc8bf939aa91e291c0b2f003e91145#outputs) Since that is an `Ae2…` address, I would think that it is a Yoroi Byron wallet, should have had a 15 word seed phrase. Unfortunately, Yoroi has removed Byron support completely some months ago. I think Adalite should be able to access that if you give it the correct seed phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Rancher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/rancher/32/82759_2.png) [@Rancher](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Rancher)\ **Post date:** [25 December 2024 15:41 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/15 "2024-12-25T15:41:57Z")
Ok I’ll give that a try and let you know the result ---
**Author:** ![HeptaSean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/heptasean/32/82306_2.png) [@HeptaSean](https://forum.cardano.org/u/HeptaSean)\ **Post date:** [25 December 2024 15:46 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/16 "2024-12-25T15:46:00Z")
On the other hand: That address where your ADA went three years ago – [https://adastat.net/addresses/Ae2tdPwUPEZ6xYrxCgRDM2NQFM5oajHEoJN3i9ZVV2AbsbvxoJBjVu3yP7W](https://adastat.net/addresses/Ae2tdPwUPEZ6xYrxCgRDM2NQFM5oajHEoJN3i9ZVV2AbsbvxoJBjVu3yP7W) – has too much activity to really be another wallet of yours – hundredthousands of ADA going in and out during October 2021. Don’t know what happened there. Do you remember anything from that time? ---
**Author:** ![Rancher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/rancher/32/82759_2.png) [@Rancher](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Rancher)\ **Post date:** [25 December 2024 16:33 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/17 "2024-12-25T16:33:59Z")
I just restored my Yoroi wallet with my phrase on AdaLite and same result, wallet is empty and no transaction history either. I did do those three transfers originally but any other activity is unknown to me. ---
**Author:** ![Zyroxa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/zyroxa/32/17790_2.png) [@Zyroxa](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Zyroxa)\ **Post date:** [25 December 2024 16:34 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/18 "2024-12-25T16:34:39Z")
Could you please post one of the addresses from adalite here? ---
**Author:** ![Rancher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/rancher/32/82759_2.png) [@Rancher](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Rancher)\ **Post date:** [25 December 2024 16:37 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/19 "2024-12-25T16:37:16Z")
addr1qyqwam9pxpfr30wl2kdym8544yr5qt8sk0s0ppq8uw6fqhq93ajzsm9evaleesl5algqarv4wfv7uxm4a7f4kjgftxkq8stqx9 ---
**Author:** ![Zyroxa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/zyroxa/32/17790_2.png) [@Zyroxa](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Zyroxa)\ **Post date:** [25 December 2024 16:40 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/20 "2024-12-25T16:40:23Z")
So you are most likely using an different seedphrase or its incorrect as you access a Shelley wallet. Make sure and check again if you have an other seedphrase which you have backed up. ---
**Author:** ![Rancher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/rancher/32/82759_2.png) [@Rancher](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Rancher)\ **Post date:** [25 December 2024 16:43 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210/21 "2024-12-25T16:43:58Z")
I think I might be out of luck then. I copied down the seed phrases exactly and pasted screenshots of them into a document to avoid this type of thing and that’s what I’ve been working from. I do appreciate your help, gents. [Next page](https://forum.cardano.org/t/getting-back-into-crypto-but-can-t-find-my-ada/141210.md?page=2)