u only need to guess 12 random words

[cryptobro]

[JanEmil]

Many try to brute force it

[AIcash]

@JanEmil imagine actuallly getting it thats crazy right

[AIcash]

just by luck

[JanEmil]

@AIcash There is a project on Bitcointalk where they try to brute force it. I tried to join at some point.

[The_Walking_Dead]

Brute force isn’t strategy.

[JanEmil]

@The_Walking_Dead said in u only need to guess 12 random words:

Brute force isn’t strategy.

This project been going for years and have actually found some keys.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5322040.0

Depending on how the keys made you have higher odds to brute force. Some keys are not random generated.

[ed]

@JanEmil so it is possible haha

[JanEmil]

@ed Normally not. But some wallet generators was not random in the early days.
Brainwallets it was called. You made the words easy to remember so you could store them in your own brain.