Quote from: Zipp_1199 on November 03, 2023, 03:31:13 PM

Quote from: Yamane_Keto on November 01, 2023, 11:22:26 AM

1) Were the words in understandable English, or were they incomprehensible letters and words?
2) What is the date that file was created/modified?
3) What is the file extension? Is it txt or did you open the file using Notepad and it worked for you?
4) Are there any additional files, names of wallets, or any additional information?

I think you opened an encrypted/encoded file, so your answers to these questions may help us a little.
If the words are in English, make sure they are in this list
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039/bip-0039-wordlists.md

1. These are not words it is @77911F37HC........@
2. File created in 2012 and last modified in 2013
3. It is a .txt file
4. There is no other information there. Except if this is somehow password-encrypted, his wife might know the password as he always used the same password for everything It is kids' names with dates.

At first, I thought is was AES encryption, but my best guess it would require IV and 32b keys, but there is no key in a text file. I really doubt that he could do some advanced encryption as he was not a computer geek.

Wow, if it's from 2012 and there really ARE still Bitcoin stored back from that date, it could be worth a lot. Given last modified 2013 it could also be mostly sold at the first massive surge back then.
I will not be able to help much in recovering it (but you will most likely find the right folks here or in the tech section). Just wanted to say BE SUPER CAUTIOUS with whom you share any information with.
Never share your private info or any of the data stored in said files with anyone and most importantly don't fall for people trying to take the convo to telegram or similar other platforms.
All the best with the recovery.