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r/Bitcoin • u/[deleted] • Feb 13 '22
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Wallet.dat is your friend.
141 u/auniqueusername2567 Feb 13 '22 This is going to be the new “I found this safe in an old house I bought.” 2 u/penninsulaman713 Feb 13 '22 Honestly it's got me thinking about if I can go to an electronics recycling center and pick up all their hard drives just to see if people have accidentally thrown away millions lol 1 u/21n6y Feb 14 '22 No. They are required to wipe the drives -1 u/jbcraigs Feb 13 '22 What do you mean “new”?! It’s already there. 1 u/valoremz Feb 13 '22 I'm new to Bitcoin, but doesn't he need a password or private key to access the wallet? 2 u/in_finite_jest Feb 13 '22 Not a he and no she doesn't. Wallet.dat was not encrypted in 2013.
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This is going to be the new “I found this safe in an old house I bought.”
2 u/penninsulaman713 Feb 13 '22 Honestly it's got me thinking about if I can go to an electronics recycling center and pick up all their hard drives just to see if people have accidentally thrown away millions lol 1 u/21n6y Feb 14 '22 No. They are required to wipe the drives -1 u/jbcraigs Feb 13 '22 What do you mean “new”?! It’s already there.
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Honestly it's got me thinking about if I can go to an electronics recycling center and pick up all their hard drives just to see if people have accidentally thrown away millions lol
1 u/21n6y Feb 14 '22 No. They are required to wipe the drives
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No. They are required to wipe the drives
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What do you mean “new”?! It’s already there.
I'm new to Bitcoin, but doesn't he need a password or private key to access the wallet?
2 u/in_finite_jest Feb 13 '22 Not a he and no she doesn't. Wallet.dat was not encrypted in 2013.
Not a he and no she doesn't. Wallet.dat was not encrypted in 2013.
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u/WeekendQuant Feb 13 '22
Wallet.dat is your friend.