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What were you doing in 2010 instead of getting free bitcoins from the Bitcoin Faucet?
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this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2026
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I've long since declared it lost forever, but there is still the slim possibility that one of my backup drives has my old Bitcoin wallet that was full of whole bitcoins I got from these faucets ages ago.
If I ever find that, you or my employer will never see or hear from me again. π
Same... I mined some around 2010, but didn't bother to do anything with it because it was worthless.
βWhatβs this weird, soft shiny yellow metal? I canβt make arrowheads from this!β - Your caveman ancestor
Bro, you are just sitting around on commenting on Lemmy? Verify without a doubt that it's gone.
My problem is different - I mined bitcoins locally just as a fun "does it work" project. Got maybe like 6, and stopped. I have the wallet but absolutely cannot find or remember the password.
Tried throwing a password list (or two, or five) at it and seeing if it opens? 6 bitcoins is enough money I'd be trying every password cracking tool in existence. Maybe not enough money to lose sleep over but certainly enough to be worth the effort.
I'm not sure how to automate such a thing - some python script or something? I am sadly not a hacker, I always wonder how brute-forcing via a random interface actually works....
There's already John the Ripper, though I'm not sure how you'd exactly point it at a bitcoin wallet as I've never used it before. As a one-off project, you could probably vibe-code something to do it if John the Ripper can't.
If on the unlikely chance this comment leads you to getting a 500k+ windfall, feel free to make a generous donation to the "I'm a poor fuck" fund. Good luck :v
Haha, ok, thank you - 500k is a good number, since I put the chance of success at about 1/500k, but crossing fingers.
hunter2?
Dude, look for it. What are you doing.
Oh trust me, I have.
Chances are I didn't even back it up or jettisoned that backup to save space. At the time Bitcoin was less than worthless so I thought nothing of it.