The Viral Story: 5$BTC

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Recovered

​The post describes a user who successfully used Claude AI to recover 5 Bitcoin (worth roughly $400,000 at current market prices) that had been locked in a wallet for 11 years.

​How it Happened

​It’s important to clarify that the AI didn't "hack" the Bitcoin blockchain—that’s virtually impossible. Instead, the user likely used the AI as a highly efficient coding assistant.

​The Problem: The user had a locked wallet file and some open-source recovery tools (like btcrecover), but he couldn't figure out why his password attempts were failing.