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AI helps man recover $400k in Bitcoin 11 years after

A Bitcoin holder recovered 5 BTC worth about $400,000 using Anthropic's Claude AI, after losing access for over a decade due to a forgotten password. Claude helped locate an old wallet file from college-era computer data.

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AI helps man recover $400k in Bitcoin 11 years after
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  • User Cprkrn regained access to 5 Bitcoin (worth ~$398,000) using Claude AI.
  • The wallet had been locked for 11 years after he changed the password while intoxicated.
  • Claude analyzed old files from his college computer and found a pre-password-change wallet.dat file.
  • The recovery did not break Bitcoin security; it utilized existing wallet data and a mnemonic phrase.

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