Bitcoin Holder Recovers 5 BTC Worth $400,000 With Claude From 10-Year-Locked Wallet
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Updated · Dexerto · May 13
Bitcoin Holder Recovers 5 BTC Worth $400,000 With Claude From 10-Year-Locked Wallet
7 articles · Updated · Dexerto · May 13
$400,000 in Bitcoin was recovered after X user Cprkrn said Anthropic’s Claude helped restore access to 5 BTC locked away for more than a decade.
Old files from a college computer led to the breakthrough: Claude reportedly identified an earlier wallet.dat file, and an old mnemonic phrase then helped unlock the funds.
Cprkrn said he had spent years trying to regain access after changing the wallet password while high, running through trillions of possible combinations without success.
Crypto users noted Claude did not crack Bitcoin itself; it helped organize legacy data and pinpoint valid recovery material, turning forgotten files into a windfall.
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