Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth

Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by rytis on Friday December 15, 2023 @02:12AM (#38651797)

What about that long forgotten BTC wallet?

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by Mtinie on Friday December 15, 2023 @02:19AM (#38651828)

Without a private key that is readily accessible? Worthless,

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by lebed2045 on Friday December 15, 2023 @03:12AM (#38652094)

Wallet by definition has private key within it. Without key is just an address.

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by mnd999 on Friday December 15, 2023 @03:35AM (#38652229)

I think ‘readily accessible’ was the important bit.

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by 93po on Friday December 15, 2023 @11:03AM (#38655429)

I don't follow. The wallet is the private key, along with some other info.

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by I_AM_A_SMURF on Friday December 15, 2023 @10:26PM (#38661456)

The wallet could be encrypted with a strong password and thus inaccessible.

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Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth by mnd999 on Saturday December 16, 2023 @09:24AM (#38664396)

Yes, but any unknown password is enough to put most people off, particular if the contents of the wallet is unknown.

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