Re:How I recovered cryptocurrency from a broken laptop
by nasalgoat on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @02:34PM
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My question is: why isn't someone brute-forcing those lost wallets? I imagine a billion dollars would be worth it.
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Re:How I recovered cryptocurrency from a broken laptop
by penagwin on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @02:45PM
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Because it would theoretically take an insane amount of time? It's cryptographically secure, so unless you have a quantum computer laying around for the factorization.... Might have to wait a little bit for the brute force to complete