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Re:Two chances to correctly guess the password to wallet, or... by koolba on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:27PM (#25757657)
Like many here, first thought was “why can’t you clone the drive?”. Apparently, not just a regular drive, it’s a USB stick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IronKey

Though if it’s $220M worth on there, I bet you could pay Kingston $100M to figure out a way to image it.

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Re:Two chances to correctly guess the password to wallet, or... by Finnucane on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:18PM (#25757600)
How long before all of bitcoin is lost, stolen, or forgotten wallets?
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Re:Two chances to correctly guess the password to wallet, or... by throw03172019 on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @12:34AM (#25758603)
Natural burning without protocol changes.
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Re:Two chances to correctly guess the password to wallet, or... by aggieben on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @09:43PM (#25757350)
Copy to another hard drive. Guess twice. Wipe hard drive. Rinse, wash, repeat. Infinite guesses.
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Re:Two chances to correctly guess the password to wallet, or... by phendrenad2 on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @09:55PM (#25757428)
Can you copy files from the IronKey without decrypting them?
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Re:Two chances to correctly guess the password to wallet, or... by quantified on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @12:13AM (#25758472)
Time for a true psychic to show up.
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Re:Two chances to correctly guess the password to wallet, or... by codevark on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @09:51PM (#25757410)
One word: hypnosis. Worked for me in a big way, when I had lost something very valuable and was going nuts trying to remember where I left it (in a drunken journey on foot through a city). I found it, because somewhere deep inside, one part of my brain knew exactly where it was, and the rest of me had forgotten.
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