After 3.5 trillion guesses, a forgotten $400k Bitcoin wallet finally opened (opens in new tab)

Covers Bitcoin trader recovers $400,000 using Claude AI after losing wallet password 11 years ago — bot tried 3.5 trillion passwords before decrypting an old wallet backup

Eleven years ago, an X user who goes by cprkrn changed the password on a Bitcoin wallet holding 5 BTC. He was stoned at the time. He forgot the new password by morning, and 5 BTC sat untouched while it grew to roughly $400,000. — Read the rest The post After 3.5 trillion guesses, a forgotten $400k Bitcoin wallet finally opened appeared first on Boing Boing.

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