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title: "Claude AI helps bitcoiner recover $500K lost since 2015"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/286307700.md"
description: "A bitcoin holder regained access to his wallet after being locked out for over a decade, recovering approximately $400,000 to $500,000. Anthropic’s AI, Claude, solved a technical issue that had thwarted previous recovery attempts. The story gained significant attention on social media, amassing over 414,000 views shortly after being shared by user @cprkrn."
datetime: "2026-05-13T19:45:50.000Z"
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# Claude AI helps bitcoiner recover $500K lost since 2015

A bitcoin holder locked out of his own wallet for more than a decade walked away with approximately $400,000 to $500,000 on Wednesday after Anthropic’s Claude solved a technical problem that years of professional recovery attempts and brute-force tools had failed to crack. The story, posted to X by a user known as @cprkrn, spread rapidly across crypto and AI communities, drawing more than 414,000 views within hours of going live.

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