thats a nightmare i would never want to have but from my experience of forgetting passwords like atm pins i believe you just need to give your self time and not panic...
trust me something along the way will trigger that memory and you will get back on track, hope you recover the treasure mate good luck.
Topic: ANY BTC HOLDER WORST NIGHTMARE, and it happened to me... - page 3. (Read 3519 times)
Hey guys,
I just want to share my story, because I feel like only people in this community can get that,
We all know the pizza story, the "young swede than became a millionaire in 2013" story, the lost hard drive story and this one that can happen to anyone:
======>I lost my passphrase. 6months ago, tried everything, even hired "bitcoin dave", nope, nothing, no password no bitcoin.
I was too scared to get hacked somehow or to let a piece of paper with indications about it... Now I'm screwed, I can't find it, no matter what I try my Bitcoins are lost forever. I always kept them, spent .10 of them once and that's it. All of my fortune behind this password was made through mining dogecoin on day one and other altcoins. And guess what, I lost the passphrase to the dogecoins too (1million Doge, could be worse)...
6 months ago I had a little financial down moment, decided to see if I could sell one, and discovered that I forgot the password.
Now, it would be the thing to save my ass (3,5 BTC is a good chunk of change for me) and be able to get back on my feet, and I feel so stupid.
Just wanted to share my experience, kinda looking for mental support here!
Take care (and remind yourself your passphrase everyday, you don't want this feeling I swear).
I just want to share my story, because I feel like only people in this community can get that,
We all know the pizza story, the "young swede than became a millionaire in 2013" story, the lost hard drive story and this one that can happen to anyone:
======>I lost my passphrase. 6months ago, tried everything, even hired "bitcoin dave", nope, nothing, no password no bitcoin.
I was too scared to get hacked somehow or to let a piece of paper with indications about it... Now I'm screwed, I can't find it, no matter what I try my Bitcoins are lost forever. I always kept them, spent .10 of them once and that's it. All of my fortune behind this password was made through mining dogecoin on day one and other altcoins. And guess what, I lost the passphrase to the dogecoins too (1million Doge, could be worse)...
6 months ago I had a little financial down moment, decided to see if I could sell one, and discovered that I forgot the password.
Now, it would be the thing to save my ass (3,5 BTC is a good chunk of change for me) and be able to get back on my feet, and I feel so stupid.
Just wanted to share my experience, kinda looking for mental support here!
Take care (and remind yourself your passphrase everyday, you don't want this feeling I swear).
Oh my god, I really wish this turns out one bad dream and reality changes. Mind if I ask you why did you not note it somewhere. I use multiple passwords for all sites and I have made a diary for it. Or you could have kept it in a note app and lock. At the end words may not be able to console you but all I can say be positive, who knows you will earn double what went away.
Now what happens to those coins? Are they lost forever? Or will someone else recover them?
Nope, I was too scared to get hacked somehow, so no written trace of any kind for the password. Yes, the coins are lost forever or until someone with a super powerful computer can crack open the wallet (someone has a service to do that, I hired him and he couldn't find it). Either way right now, today, I'm pretty screwed.
Hey guys,
I just want to share my story, because I feel like only people in this community can get that,
We all know the pizza story, the "young swede than became a millionaire in 2013" story, the lost hard drive story and this one that can happen to anyone:
======>I lost my passphrase. 6months ago, tried everything, even hired "bitcoin dave", nope, nothing, no password no bitcoin.
I was too scared to get hacked somehow or to let a piece of paper with indications about it... Now I'm screwed, I can't find it, no matter what I try my Bitcoins are lost forever. I always kept them, spent .10 of them once and that's it. All of my fortune behind this password was made through mining dogecoin on day one and other altcoins. And guess what, I lost the passphrase to the dogecoins too (1million Doge, could be worse)...
6 months ago I had a little financial down moment, decided to see if I could sell one, and discovered that I forgot the password.
Now, it would be the thing to save my ass (3,5 BTC is a good chunk of change for me) and be able to get back on my feet, and I feel so stupid.
Just wanted to share my experience, kinda looking for mental support here!
Take care (and remind yourself your passphrase everyday, you don't want this feeling I swear).
I just want to share my story, because I feel like only people in this community can get that,
We all know the pizza story, the "young swede than became a millionaire in 2013" story, the lost hard drive story and this one that can happen to anyone:
======>I lost my passphrase. 6months ago, tried everything, even hired "bitcoin dave", nope, nothing, no password no bitcoin.
I was too scared to get hacked somehow or to let a piece of paper with indications about it... Now I'm screwed, I can't find it, no matter what I try my Bitcoins are lost forever. I always kept them, spent .10 of them once and that's it. All of my fortune behind this password was made through mining dogecoin on day one and other altcoins. And guess what, I lost the passphrase to the dogecoins too (1million Doge, could be worse)...
6 months ago I had a little financial down moment, decided to see if I could sell one, and discovered that I forgot the password.
Now, it would be the thing to save my ass (3,5 BTC is a good chunk of change for me) and be able to get back on my feet, and I feel so stupid.
Just wanted to share my experience, kinda looking for mental support here!
Take care (and remind yourself your passphrase everyday, you don't want this feeling I swear).
Oh my god, I really wish this turns out one bad dream and reality changes. Mind if I ask you why did you not note it somewhere. I use multiple passwords for all sites and I have made a diary for it. Or you could have kept it in a note app and lock. At the end words may not be able to console you but all I can say be positive, who knows you will earn double what went away. However I do appreciate you taking time out to warn everybody out here and many people do not do it, but hopefully people will become more aware and not repeat it.
That was so very sad, getting your passphrase been lost and your bitcoin was so very secure that even you can not open it now, a year earn bitcoin and alts all stored and lock is this considered lost to even thought it is sealed and secure? because nobody can used it unless you could hack a secured data that needs a passphrase to be open, I can not think that mistake would happen to me I think i would also go crazy about it, I think you are feeling a multiple kind of feeling right now that could cause you some inner craziness inside of you, I think you should do is try every passphrase you can think off it might word, but depicting that you can come out of a one passphrase, only an idiot would manually type it!
i remember andreas suggesting to hide your bitcoins in a picture of a cat.
if you lose the pwd just get them from there. search openpuff
if you lose the pwd just get them from there. search openpuff
there are a lot of these ideas out there, it is best to come up with some combination according to where you live and the household objects you have!
for example i read once about someone who was keeping his electrum seed in his physical phone book. among names and random phone numbers!
I am using multiple paper wallet to keep my coins. This is one of the reason why I don't use the BIP0038 to encrypt my private keys. I am keeping is somewhere safe and my family have access to the paper wallets. In case I am gone, they can still use the paper wallet without the passphrase... Pros and cons I guess...
Never give up... Just think about the coin has been donated.
Never give up... Just think about the coin has been donated.
Thanks everyone for feeling sorry!!
I'm glad this makes some of you double check their password & maybe will prevent that from happening to you
I'm glad this makes some of you double check their password & maybe will prevent that from happening to you
Hey guys,
I just want to share my story, because I feel like only people in this community can get that,
We all know the pizza story, the "young swede than became a millionaire in 2013" story, the lost hard drive story and this one that can happen to anyone:
======>I lost my passphrase. 6months ago, tried everything, even hired "bitcoin dave", nope, nothing, no password no bitcoin.
I was too scared to get hacked somehow or to let a piece of paper with indications about it... Now I'm screwed, I can't find it, no matter what I try my Bitcoins are lost forever. I always kept them, spent .10 of them once and that's it. All of my fortune behind this password was made through mining dogecoin on day one and other altcoins. And guess what, I lost the passphrase to the dogecoins too (1million Doge, could be worse)...
6 months ago I had a little financial down moment, decided to see if I could sell one, and discovered that I forgot the password.
Now, it would be the thing to save my ass (3,5 BTC is a good chunk of change for me) and be able to get back on my feet, and I feel so stupid.
Just wanted to share my experience, kinda looking for mental support here!
Take care (and remind yourself your passphrase everyday, you don't want this feeling I swear).
I just want to share my story, because I feel like only people in this community can get that,
We all know the pizza story, the "young swede than became a millionaire in 2013" story, the lost hard drive story and this one that can happen to anyone:
======>I lost my passphrase. 6months ago, tried everything, even hired "bitcoin dave", nope, nothing, no password no bitcoin.
I was too scared to get hacked somehow or to let a piece of paper with indications about it... Now I'm screwed, I can't find it, no matter what I try my Bitcoins are lost forever. I always kept them, spent .10 of them once and that's it. All of my fortune behind this password was made through mining dogecoin on day one and other altcoins. And guess what, I lost the passphrase to the dogecoins too (1million Doge, could be worse)...
6 months ago I had a little financial down moment, decided to see if I could sell one, and discovered that I forgot the password.
Now, it would be the thing to save my ass (3,5 BTC is a good chunk of change for me) and be able to get back on my feet, and I feel so stupid.
Just wanted to share my experience, kinda looking for mental support here!
Take care (and remind yourself your passphrase everyday, you don't want this feeling I swear).
I`m really sorry about your experience with btc.
If i had a few bitcoins to hold for a long time.I would write down the password on a piece of paper and lock it down somewhere.I always use passwords that i can remember....
oh man that is terrible. sorry that happened to you. but thanks for sharing this with us, this actually made me go ahead and made another copy of my password on a piece of paper and i stored it somewhere very safe for cases of emergency that i forgot the password in the future.
Hey guys,
I just want to share my story, because I feel like only people in this community can get that,
We all know the pizza story, the "young swede than became a millionaire in 2013" story, the lost hard drive story and this one that can happen to anyone:
======>I lost my passphrase. 6months ago, tried everything, even hired "bitcoin dave", nope, nothing, no password no bitcoin.
I was too scared to get hacked somehow or to let a piece of paper with indications about it... Now I'm screwed, I can't find it, no matter what I try my Bitcoins are lost forever. I always kept them, spent .10 of them once and that's it. All of my fortune behind this password was made through mining dogecoin on day one and other altcoins. And guess what, I lost the passphrase to the dogecoins too (1million Doge, could be worse)...
6 months ago I had a little financial down moment, decided to see if I could sell one, and discovered that I forgot the password.
Now, it would be the thing to save my ass (3,5 BTC is a good chunk of change for me) and be able to get back on my feet, and I feel so stupid.
Just wanted to share my experience, kinda looking for mental support here!
Take care (and remind yourself your passphrase everyday, you don't want this feeling I swear).
I just want to share my story, because I feel like only people in this community can get that,
We all know the pizza story, the "young swede than became a millionaire in 2013" story, the lost hard drive story and this one that can happen to anyone:
======>I lost my passphrase. 6months ago, tried everything, even hired "bitcoin dave", nope, nothing, no password no bitcoin.
I was too scared to get hacked somehow or to let a piece of paper with indications about it... Now I'm screwed, I can't find it, no matter what I try my Bitcoins are lost forever. I always kept them, spent .10 of them once and that's it. All of my fortune behind this password was made through mining dogecoin on day one and other altcoins. And guess what, I lost the passphrase to the dogecoins too (1million Doge, could be worse)...
6 months ago I had a little financial down moment, decided to see if I could sell one, and discovered that I forgot the password.
Now, it would be the thing to save my ass (3,5 BTC is a good chunk of change for me) and be able to get back on my feet, and I feel so stupid.
Just wanted to share my experience, kinda looking for mental support here!
Take care (and remind yourself your passphrase everyday, you don't want this feeling I swear).
That's so sad man. 3,5 BTC is not small at all. I have mine written on a note. I have not checked it for long, but I'll go do that as soon as possible. sorry to hear about your loss.
Some people call Bitcoin a religion because so many of us are so fanatical about it. I don't like analogies but this one fits. I repeat my password in my head 3 or 4 times a day... almost like a prayer. I am a Bitcoin fanatic.
Agreed, very few are careless or doesn't give importance in memorising their password. In my view same as quoted repeating it often could help you remember it in a easy manner. There are few cases where the retaining of the password is possible through a long process. legendary
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i remember andreas suggesting to hide your bitcoins in a picture of a cat.
if you lose the pwd just get them from there. search openpuff
if you lose the pwd just get them from there. search openpuff
Really feel sorry for what ever happened , it is also a lesson for you to not be careless with your important stuffs, i did not had the same problem but once my comp got hacked and i also lost my coins which i saved for my future but that was also a lesson for me to not download any exe files as they are hamfull and now i have also kept my important files in other places so even if i get my comp hacked i am safe.
I also feel sorry for the guy, but this almost happened to everyone, the most important is we store the back up password to somewhere safe, because there are tons of password that we used, because I know when you like to browse on internet you will have a different account, whether it is a facebook or gmail or any account, and after sometimes you can feel paranoid, you will change some of your password and some of the site will asked to used number, capital combination and some only limited the password to eight character, and I have difficulty to remember all of the password, that is why I stored all of my password in one place
A long time ago I gave my parents 10 BTC when it was about $50. They also lost the password. We may try hypnotism to try and get it back.
Why do you guys make the password so long and difficult? I usually use that old trick where you pick 2 or 3 things you really like like games, drinks, books and put them together. That usually is enough to make a fairly strong password and you just can't forget it.If i ever got my hands on your wallet.dat file i could crack your password in 15 minutes. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.18152557
Some people call Bitcoin a religion because so many of us are so fanatical about it. I don't like analogies but this one fits. I repeat my password in my head 3 or 4 times a day... almost like a prayer. I am a Bitcoin fanatic.
A long time ago I gave my parents 10 BTC when it was about $50. They also lost the password. We may try hypnotism to try and get it back.
Why do you guys make the password so long and difficult? I usually use that old trick where you pick 2 or 3 things you really like like games, drinks, books and put them together. That usually is enough to make a fairly strong password and you just can't forget it.
A long time ago I gave my parents 10 BTC when it was about $50. They also lost the password. We may try hypnotism to try and get it back.
Perhaps this is a job for the Large Bitcoin Collider... well, maybe someday.
I've read a similar story, except after months of trying one of the scripts hit it -- after he had pretty much given up hope. Maybe you already have seen that story? If I were you I'd set up a small but dedicated computer to keep trying possible passwords... at least that way there's some hope.
And the coins are on a BTC core wallet, on my laptop. Had made usb copies of my .dat at first but they're encrypted as well.
I pretty much tried everything, even the scripts made to try millions of possibilities from what you input.
No luck.
I pretty much tried everything, even the scripts made to try millions of possibilities from what you input.
No luck.
I've read a similar story, except after months of trying one of the scripts hit it -- after he had pretty much given up hope. Maybe you already have seen that story? If I were you I'd set up a small but dedicated computer to keep trying possible passwords... at least that way there's some hope.
Yeah, every once in a while I try to run a few "new" tries... Or in the morning after "dreaming" that I found the pass...
Also, I'm the kind of guy that never loses his keys, forgets an appointment or else. I guess in 30+ years that's the first major thing I forget :,(
Sometimes I even feel like someone hacked it and changed the password, because I really feel like I tried everything!
Thanks for your messages though guys, I appreciate it, makes me feel like it's legit of me to be sad!
Perhaps this is a job for the Large Bitcoin Collider... well, maybe someday.
I've read a similar story, except after months of trying one of the scripts hit it -- after he had pretty much given up hope. Maybe you already have seen that story? If I were you I'd set up a small but dedicated computer to keep trying possible passwords... at least that way there's some hope.
And the coins are on a BTC core wallet, on my laptop. Had made usb copies of my .dat at first but they're encrypted as well.
I pretty much tried everything, even the scripts made to try millions of possibilities from what you input.
No luck.
I pretty much tried everything, even the scripts made to try millions of possibilities from what you input.
No luck.
I've read a similar story, except after months of trying one of the scripts hit it -- after he had pretty much given up hope. Maybe you already have seen that story? If I were you I'd set up a small but dedicated computer to keep trying possible passwords... at least that way there's some hope.
Really feel sorry for what ever happened , it is also a lesson for you to not be careless with your important stuffs, i did not had the same problem but once my comp got hacked and i also lost my coins which i saved for my future but that was also a lesson for me to not download any exe files as they are hamfull and now i have also kept my important files in other places so even if i get my comp hacked i am safe.
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