Bitcoin Holder Recovers 5 BTC From 11-Year Locked Wallet Using Claude AI
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A Bitcoin user successfully recovered 5 BTC from an 11-year-old wallet by utilizing Claude AI to analyze old computer files and debug recovery software.Summary
A cryptocurrency user known as cprkrn successfully retrieved 5 BTC, worth nearly $400,000, from a wallet that had been inaccessible for over 11 years. After unsuccessful attempts with commercial services, the user uploaded legacy files from a college computer to Anthropic's Claude AI. The model identified an encrypted wallet file and debugged the open-source tool btcrecover to decrypt the private keys. This success highlights the increasing capability of artificial intelligence to assist in complex cybersecurity and data recovery tasks.
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