Claude · Apple · Open Source · Anthropic · Bitcoin · Cointelegraph
The crypto investor had Claude search through two Macs, two external hard drives, an Apple Notes export, iCloud Mail
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A Bitcoiner’s post has gone viral on X after he claimed to use Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude to recover five Bitcoin worth about $320,000 that he had been unable to access for more than a decade.
Key facts
- Industry reports estimate that between 2.3 million and 4 million Bitcoin (BTC) are inaccessible, representing about 11% to 19% of the cryptocurrency’s maximum supply because of forgotten or lost seed
- $15 in AI compute was used to conduct the searches and test passwords, according to Claude’s summary of the recovery efforts
- While Cprkrn didn’t provide direct evidence of Claude searching through his devices, he shared a link from Blockchain
- A Bitcoiner’s post has gone viral on X after he claimed to use Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude to recover five Bitcoin worth about $320,000 that he had been unable to access for more than a decade
Summary
The crypto investor had Claude search through two Macs, two external hard drives, an Apple Notes export, iCloud Mail, Gmail inbox and X messages to help retrieve the Bitcoin. On Wednesday, pseudonymous X user Cprkrn said he created "complicated passwords" on blockchain.info and forgot one of three passwords after changing it several years ago. Over the last eight weeks, Cprkrn said he used AI to attempt to brute force "trillions of passwords," but to no avail.