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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by topranks on Sunday January 30, 2022 @06:50PM (#30142580)
It’s fairly easy to derive the keys yourself, don’t expect any single piece of software going dead would cause a problem.

https://github.com/nilcons/crypto-key-derivation

Crypto currencies will be worth jack shit in 10 years in all likelihood though..

Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by SilasX on Sunday January 30, 2022 @09:19PM (#30143738)
You have a different definition of easy than I do! You have to figure out which of those your client was using at the time, and then how to convert it into a currently functional client’s private key format. Most people need to hire a specialist to figure that out.
Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by Rastonbury on Monday January 31, 2022 @01:43AM (#30145254)
There are standards for seed phrase generation and the big providers mostly use the same one called BIP-39 I think. That's why they advise writing the standard and wallet and some other info down with the seed phrase, a layperson likely won't