AI wallet recovery via Claude unlocks dormant 5 BTC (~$320K)

AI wallet recovery news is back in focus after a trader using Anthropic’s Claude says it helped recover a dormant Bitcoin wallet after nearly 10 years. Under the pseudonym “Cprkrn,” he claims access to 5 BTC (over $320,000) was regained by feeding Claude more than 1GB of old data and using the chatbot to guide password and mnemonic recovery. According to the account, Cprkrn had created three passwords for blockchain.info, then changed and forgot one. After smaller attempts failed, he performed large-scale password testing and data mining, including importing files and notes from Apple Notes, iCloud Mail, Gmail, and prior X messages. The reported breakthrough was an old backup file dated December 2019. With Claude-assisted extraction of a mnemonic phrase, he says he derived the backup password, decrypted it, and recovered the private keys. On-chain, records linked to address 14VJy…ofuE6 show five transactions totaling 5 BTC moved on May 13. Community reactions were mixed: supporters highlighted the practical workflow, while skeptics argued Claude primarily helped search and organize files rather than directly “crack” passwords. Cprkrn also claims AI compute cost was about $15 and that tools were used across a very large password search space. For traders, this AI wallet recovery story can mildly boost risk-on sentiment around BTC recovery narratives, but it is not a direct protocol change and does not alter near-term circulating supply.