Topic: ANY BTC HOLDER WORST NIGHTMARE, and it happened to me... - page 2. (Read 3519 times)

It is sad to hear that you lost a huge amount of money but the problem is we have to pen down everything relating to bitcoin,as even i used to memories the password and when you are not using for an extended time you tend to forget the password you were using and when it comes to bitcoin if you loose your password you will loose your coins and it happened for me too but the difference was my wallet was empty.

May I suggest making a list of every possible password you have ever used or even considered using. Alphabetize it, make space for notes on each one, and keep that paper around. Add notes to it, just keep letting your password list grow like a tree, clean it up. The idea is that your password is somewhere in your memory and eventually you will come up with it again. Even if you never find it, that list might be useful years down the road if BTC ever hits $1M each. Your descendants could even look at it and consider possible alternatives. Computers will get more powerful and variations can be searched using your list of possibilities.

Anyway, just my ruminations, good luck.

I feel sorry when I read your story.  It is quite educational but it is really sad that we have to learn from the lost of others.  I hope you remember the phrases and be able to access your wallet again.  And thank you for sharing us your experience that reminded us not to get easy and take our passwords for granted.

Feeling sorry for you buddy.Thanks to God I have never been in such a situation but then I do not have even 1 btc but if I ever have more than 1 btc and less than 5,I would keep them in 3 different online wallets and not on offline wallet

It's sucks to lose, sorry for your loss. 3.5 BTC is a lot, i can't afford to lose that kinda of money, so i have this hardware wallet (ledger hw.1) it's where i keep most of my coins. i have to remember only 4 digit pin to access my coins.

Jonny, you making stuff up again?


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I was looking forward to reading Andreas' story.

That all really sucks man, I'm sorry you lost your coins. I heard about those stories in the past and do what I can to prevent it from happening to me.

This isn't true. Online bitcoin wallet companies prevent the loss of a security passphrase or private key from blocking access to the wallet funds.

Coinbase, Xapo, etc., all allow password resets. Of course you don't get to hold your wallet's private keys but the same equivalent applies to fiat bank accounts. The money we keep in a fiat bank account isn't kept locked up in a safe for us, it's comingled with everyone elses funds, loaned out, and we're left with a credited number for which the bank promises to pay us back when we want it.

We trust the banks in this fiat world with our life savings, however don't trust bitcoin banks for the same activity. Yet in the bitcoin world we say we don't trust the fiat banks...and we don't trust the bitcoin banks either, even though they're part of the community that we all place such blind trust in.

I'm digressing.

To drumamat, I'm so sorry to hear of your current misfortune. As long as the coins are still in the wallet there's still a chance you can crack your passphrase. You may still wake up one day with that brilliant "oh shit, the passphrase is...." or maybe you hit a breakthrough with the scripts. Keep at it. And thanks for sharing your story. You ARE helping others prevent becoming the victim of the same misfortune.

Sorry for your loss bud. Always make a few offline copies of your data, hide the in a book, piece of text or something similar. If possible, non English one. Then store that in a cold storage bank safe.

I'm really sorry you've lost so much and I wish I could help somehow. If you remember most of it then I think it is possible that you will remember the whole phrase one day. Do you know how Dmitri Mendeleev created the periodic table of elements? Here's a quote from Wiki:


I believe that he saw it in a dream because he already knew the most part of it. And I really wish something like this happens to you.

thats sad man now that doge is pumping . i can feel the pain

It is simple, you don't have to remember anything just hide your wallet seed somewhere in your house in a place that you and a few close relatives have access.
And let's be honest even if thieves break into your home and find your seed probably they won't have an idea what is this about, Bitcoin is not so popular yet, and not everyone knows how to use a wallet.

That was a sad loss. Even though we think we won't ever forget a passphrase, we also must understand that we're just humans incapable of retaining every bit of information with our brains. Anyways, the next time you should try to write it down and give some of the copies to your loved ones since you said you trust them enough as well.

Yes, total loss is 3,47 BTC.

I totally trust my family 100000%, but somehow I felt like I would never forget a password that I created for 3 reasons:

- I have (now I look stupid saying that) very good memory.
- I'm the "organized" type. Never loose a thing, never forget appointements etc...
- Back when I got into bitcoin, I didn't feel like I could ever loose this password, because I've used the "skeleton" so much in my life that I just had to remember the "wallet variation" I had created.

Bottomline, I know most of it, but there is too many possibilities of cap letters, numbers used or not, that even a pro cracker didn't manage to crack....

All these years we were pampered by centralized services. Some of us are sometimes incapable of taking care of our most precious possessions.
We would rather trust 3rd party to keep our money safe than believe in ourselves.

Op, your total loss was that 3.5 BTC?

I know it is too late now, but what wrong is with keeping copy of your passphrase stored in multiple places in your house?
You don't trust your family?

That is why I always repeat to newbies, that they should be 100% sure that they sensitive details about wallet are always secure.
For example, you can just use paper wallet as a way to store the BTC, but you should obviously encrypt it that way, to not be easy to crack it by someone from the outside, and also it is a good idea to hide the paper wallet. But you need to remember that the place need to meet some requirements, unless you want you lose your bitcoin- the paper may simply rot or get wet, something that you just cannot predict.

But losing the access is something terrible, I really dont want to meet such a fate. That is why I always make some kinds of backup to be safe no matter what.

I lost ALL the BTC I ever accumulated in 3+ years without spending more than .10 of them(Mining alt coins and selling them). 3,47 BTC to be exact.

Lol, yeah that's the online empty wallet I have access to...

i see zero bitcoin there, can't be that, how many coin you lost with this password that you forgot? because i find also some times that i'm too paranoid, but not for small amount, but for big amount i usually keep them in cold storage to avoid any real trouble

Thanks! Sometimes I dream that I find it back, rush to my computer and try it without any luck, but yeah, who knows maybe it will pop out of my memory...