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I think there is much more than 1M bitcoins lost.

and when you google for these lost bitcoins stories most are really dated numbers in terms of value.
You literally have to multiply the reported value 15 fold making it even more "head shaking worthy." (for want of a better term)
So for example this familiar story
I'm sure most of the legendaries/heroes in here have heard about the
7500 bitcoins lost valued at over a reported $5 million then that are now worth around $70 million.
And this is just one story of many.
It's mind blowing when you think about it.

No one takes into account the dust left behind everywhere.

I have one inaccessible wallet containing enough for a good ~~night out~~ year's salary. The other one has only ~~dust~~ enough for a really good night out. Still only makes me smile and shake my head at my own stupidity.

To be revisited after the next batch of zeroes are handed out.

Why is it inaccessible? You don't remember absolutely anything about the password you might have used or is it another thing?

Strong passwords, lost. I kept notes on the variations tried and failed, but it's years ago now. Water under the bridge, but maybe worth revisiting someday. If a family member continues an interest in cryptography then perhaps I will hand over the notes some day. There is a pot of gold at the end of that rainbow, if you can reach it Cheesy

No worries.

Even if it is strong, if it is not purely random -which probably isn't- and you do remember some hints about what you might have used -most people do even have some "style" of generation- it would potentially be crackeable with the right custom rules. It also depends on the actual value of the wallet to determine if it would be worth the effort or not.

If you even tried variations manually it sounds like you have some general idea of how it could be formed. There's hope.

Exactly. It is not critical to my net crypto at this point, but could make a great project/windfall someday. Who knows, I might even get around to learning how to crack it myself someday.

Just make sure you keep good backup of the file and the notes about that password... and also write down everything you can still remember about it before you forget everything about it if you intend to do that in the future. Maybe it would be doable right now but with time cracking speed will keep improving with improved computers and more efficient attacks. Was it a bitcoin core wallet regular password?