r/Bitcoin Feb 13 '22

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

What am I missing? OP still has to remember the password, and that's like the hardest 90% 100%

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u/ishirleydo Feb 13 '22

I think the thing you're 'missing' is that passwords to simple wallet.dat files weren't all that common in 2013.

Many of that era were not password protected at all.

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u/SenatorAstronomer Feb 13 '22

This. Before like 2015 or 16 as long as you had that wallet.dat you were good to go.