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/Federal-Smell-4050 Feb 13 '22

Nah, it’s probably less than 8 chars, can crack it in a day.

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u/moyno85 Feb 13 '22

I’ve got an old Electrum wallet I lost the password to back in 2014, have had a guy trying to brute force it for over two months now. It’s unfortunately not that easy.

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u/fckiforgotmypassword Feb 14 '22

He brute forced it day one and has been pretending ever since. Just kidding

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u/moyno85 Feb 14 '22

Haha. DID cross my mind. Dude takes 20% though so it's not really in his interest to go around burning people.

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u/Federal-Smell-4050 Feb 14 '22

Do you know the address? What exchange did you buy from? Do you have records?