Claude helps recover $395,000 in bitcoin trapped on a computer for years
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Claude, a computer expert, successfully recovers $395,000 in bitcoin trapped on a computer for years. The owner had been trying for eight weeks to brute-force the password on their Blockchain.com wallet, testing roughly 3.5 trillion combinations using the btcrecover service on a rented computing chip. This recovery showcases the importance of wallet security in the crypto space.
The owner had been trying for eight weeks to brute-force the password on their current Blockchain.com wallet, testing roughly 3.5 trillion combinations using the btcrecover service on a rented computing chip.