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What were you doing in 2010 instead of getting free bitcoins from the Bitcoin Faucet? (media.piefed.world)
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[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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....

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 5 days ago

Haha, ok, thank you - 500k is a good number, since I put the chance of success at about 1/500k, but crossing fingers.