Man Has Only Two Password Guesses Left to Recover $236M in Bitcoin
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Re: Man Has Only Two Password Guesses Left to Recover $236M in Bitcoin
#2Which wallet imposes this type of password restriction? I can see exchanges having something like this but a wallet stored on computer?
Re: Man Has Only Two Password Guesses Left to Recover $236M in Bitcoin
#3Which wallet imposes this type of password restriction? I can see exchanges having something like this but a wallet stored on computer?
It's not the wallet, it's the hard drive encryption.
The original article would be a better link, it gives the details. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/technology/bitcoin-passwo...
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#4I just don't understand. If there really is $236M on the line then services of any company that could unlock it would be worth any asking price. I'm sure there exists someone willing to take the challenge for a big enough slice of it. There's cybersecurity companies everywhere.
Maybe let me put it this way - he has basically unlimited money to do this. At that "price point" you could hire the best specialists in the world to crack this.
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#5I remember when Bitcoin first blew up (price reached a few hundred I think?) everyone I knew claimed that they bought a bunch at a few cents but forgot the password/reformatted their hard drive/gave it away.
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#6further discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25746240
Re: Man Has Only Two Password Guesses Left to Recover $236M in Bitcoin
#7How to remember a password. Use the first and last letter of each word from a quotation, discarding two letter and single letter words.
aeshs fdsae meado rlele rdwhsp
Re: Man Has Only Two Password Guesses Left to Recover $236M in Bitcoin
#8I just don't understand. If there really is $236M on the line then services of any company that could unlock it would be worth any asking price. I'm sure there exists someone willing to take the challenge for a big enough slice of it. There's cybersecurity companies everywhere. Maybe let me put it this way - he has basically unlimited money to do this. At that "price point" you could hire the best specialists in the…
IDK, maybe ironkey is just really secure. I knew someone who worked at a nuclear research facility for a major defense contractor and they used them. If the US gave them the green light I bet you they had the NSA poke at it.
Re: Man Has Only Two Password Guesses Left to Recover $236M in Bitcoin
#9I just don't understand. If there really is $236M on the line then services of any company that could unlock it would be worth any asking price. I'm sure there exists someone willing to take the challenge for a big enough slice of it. There's cybersecurity companies everywhere. Maybe let me put it this way - he has basically unlimited money to do this. At that "price point" you could hire the best specialists in the…
IDK, maybe ironkey is just really secure. I knew someone who worked at a nuclear research facility for a major defense contractor and they used them. If the US gave them the green light I bet you they had the NSA poke at it.
Sure, but there are companies like the Israeli NSO which apparently has cracked the uncrackable iPhone secure enclave, I can't believe that for the right amount of money they wouldn't take a stab at it, or at least try to figure out a way to have unlimited password tries for this guy. Idk, maybe I'm being naive.
Re: Man Has Only Two Password Guesses Left to Recover $236M in Bitcoin
#10How to remember a password. Use the first and last letter of each word from a quotation, discarding two letter and single letter words. aeshs fdsae meado rlele rdwhsp
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