I have no idea how Bitcoin Core V0.0.1 (or whatever was out at the time) works but can't he just set his date back on his motherboard to approx when he first installed the software (sometime in 2009) using the EXACT same hard drive, same CPU, same motherboard and he would generate the exact same random key as before? Doesn't the software generate the data using info from the hard drive, cpu, motherbord, and time ?
He would have to do this for every second of every day within that 3-6 months time span when he approx installed the client to get the same key.
That's not how it works. RNGs pull in data from everywhere in order to get their random numbers. It is probably impossible to attempt to get exactly the same inputs that seed the RNG. This means that he has to have the exact some programs open, in the exact same places in their execution, the exact time down to the nanosecond, exactly the same mouse movements, exactly the same keyboard inputs, exact same bits set on the disk (which was formatted), etc. Because RNGs are usually seeded with this extremely precise data, it is impossible for OP to attempt to replicate the same state to get the RNG to generate the proper keys.He would have to do this for every second of every day within that 3-6 months time span when he approx installed the client to get the same key.
Given that OP has not responded in several days and that people are repeating what has already been said and generally being off topic and not constructive, I will be locking this thread. OP, if you want to continue the discussion and help going on here, please send me a PM and I can unlock it.
