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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.
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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
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