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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 (opens in new tab)

Covered by 10 sources See all sources covering this story including Boing Boing, tldr.techDiscussed on Hacker News

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