Quote from: hilariousetc on October 31, 2018, 07:00:10 AM

Quote from: cellard on October 31, 2018, 03:00:42 AM

I've been hearing about this supposed automatic recovery account system for a while now, still no further news that I know of.

Theymos has been making some good moves with the forum, the latest addition being the custom passcode to bypass the catpcha, that was awesome. However account recovery should be #1 in priority list next.

I've been considering making a list with the most flagrant cases of people stuck in permaqueue to recover their accounts, I may do it if I find some free time.

Theymos has stated that it will hopefully be ready by the end of the year (hopefully being the keyword here). Maybe it will and maybe it won't but we can only wait until then to find out. I agree account restoration should be a priority and someone should have been given access to restore them in the meantime or at least until the tool is ready. I'm still not sure on how users who can't sign a message or can sign one but from an alt coin address will get their's back so that's still going to require some manual intervention which will need to be dealt with.

I don't think they will be able to recover their accounts without being able to sign a bitcoin address. As far as altcoin goes... if it's a big established altcoin with a blockchain that is reasonable to assume it hasn't been compromised (like litecoin) it could do, but I wouldn't trust one of these obscure altcoins as proof.

During registration there should be a warning sign that says you should create a bitcoin address for verification purposes may you need it in the future, otherwise people will not realize it is even a thing.