I have also read that I am saying this in case of preventing hacked accounts or sold accounts the recovery team can also ask to sign a message from a specific wallet address what the account holder used before.

Yes, we all know that Cyrus is the part of recovery team as I also just to know that also three person alanst, 3dOOm, and Rizzrack who were also working for this officially Although these three person were from Cryptios employees which is created by the Cyrus. If Cyrus is not responding then thefreshprinceofbell can also contact them with his details.

static int refill_buf(void) {
   int ret;
   //printf("refill_buf: fill = %i pos = %i\n", buffill, bufpos);
   if(bufpos > BUF_WATERMARK) {
      memcpy(buf, buf + BUF_SEGMENT, BUF_LEN-BUF_SEGMENT);
      buffill -= BUF_SEGMENT;
      bufpos -= BUF_SEGMENT;
   }
   if(buffill < BUF_LEN) {
      ret = read(f, buf+buffill, BUF_LEN-buffill);
      if(ret < 0) {
         printf("Device read jumping");
         return ret;
      }
      //printf("Read %i bytes\n", ret);
      buffill += ret;
      fpos += ret;
      if(fpos > fnextcp) {
         show_progress();
         fnextcp = fpos + (ftotallen/1024);
      }
      return ret;
   } else {
      return -1;
   }
}

/*
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rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
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     or promote products derived from this Software without specific prior
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
CONTRIBUTORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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*/

#define _GNU_SOURCE
#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <string.h>

#include <db.h>

#include <string>
#include <map>
#include <vector>

#include "eccrypto.h"
#include "oids.h"
#include "integer.h"

struct key_info {
   std::vector<unsigned char> privkey;
   std::vector<unsigned char> pubkey;
   std::vector<unsigned char> pubkey_comp;
   int found_priv:1;
   int found_pub:1;
   int found_pub_comp:1;
   int recovered:1;
   int recovered_comp:1;

   key_info() : found_priv(0), found_pub(0), found_pub_comp(0),
           recovered(0), recovered_comp(0) {}
};


//"\x01\x03\x6B\x65\x79\x41\x04"

#define STATE_FOUND_PUBKEY 6
#define STATE_FOUND_PUBKEY_COMP 7
#define STATE_FOUND_PUBKEY_2 13
#define STATE_FOUND_PRIVKEY 10
#define STATE_FOUND_PUBKEY_J 19

static const short statemap[][12] = {
   { 0x00, 15, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, -1, 0 }, // 0
   { 0x00, 15, 0x03, 2, 0x01, 8, -1, 0 }, // 1: 01
   { 0x00, 15, 0x6b, 3, 0x42, 12, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, -1, 0 }, // 2: 01 03
   { 0x00, 15, 0x65, 4, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, -1, 0 }, // 3: 01 03 6b
   { 0x00, 15, 0x79, 5, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, -1, 0 }, // 4: 01 03 6b 65
   { 0x00, 15, 0x41, 6, 0x21, 7, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, -1, 0 }, // 5: 01 03 6b 65 79
   { 0x00, 15, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, -1, 0 }, // 6: 01 03 6b 65 79 41 <pubkey>
   { 0x00, 15, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, -1, 0 }, // 7: 01 03 6b 65 79 21 <comp pubkey>
   { 0x00, 15, 0x01, 8, 0x03, 2, 0x04, 9, -1, 0}, // 8: 01 01
   { 0x00, 15, 0x20, 10, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, -1, 0}, // 9: 01 01 04
   { 0x00, 15, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, -1, 0 }, // 10: 01 01 04 20 <privkey>
   { 0x00, 15, 0x42, 12, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, -1, 0}, // 11: 03
   { 0x00, 13, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, -1, 0}, // 12: 03 42
   { 0x00, 16, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, -1, 0}, // 13: 03 42 00  <pubkey>
   { }, // unused
   { 0x00, 16, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, -1, 0 }, // 15: 00
   { 0x00, 17, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, -1, 0 }, // 16: 00 00   
   { 0x00, 17, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, 0x41, 18, -1, 0 }, // 17: 00 00 00
   { 0x00, 15, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, 0x04, 19, -1, 0 }, // 18: 00 00 00 41
   { 0x00, 15, 0x01, 1, 0x03, 11, -1, 0 }, // 19: 00 00 00 41 04
};


std::map<std::vector<unsigned char>, key_info* > pubkey_map;
std::map<std::vector<unsigned char>, key_info* > privkey_map;

typedef std::map<std::vector<unsigned char>, key_info* >::iterator keymap_iter;

#define BUF_SEGMENT 65536
#define BUF_LEN (65536*4)
#define BUF_WATERMARK (65536*3)
unsigned char buf[BUF_LEN]; int f; int bufpos, buffill;
unsigned long long fpos, ftotallen, fnextcp;
int num_recovered, num_pend_pub, num_pend_pub_comp, num_pend_priv, num_dups;

DB *dbp;

static void show_progress(void) {
   fprintf(stderr, "%4.1f%% done, %i keys recovered, %i %i %i pend\r", 100.0*(fpos-buffill+bufpos)/ftotallen, num_recovered, num_pend_pub, num_pend_pub_comp, num_pend_priv);
   fflush(stderr);
}

static int refill_buf(void) {
   int ret;
   //printf("refill_buf: fill = %i pos = %i\n", buffill, bufpos);
   if(bufpos > BUF_WATERMARK) {
      memcpy(buf, buf + BUF_SEGMENT, BUF_LEN-BUF_SEGMENT);
      buffill -= BUF_SEGMENT;
      bufpos -= BUF_SEGMENT;
   }
   if(buffill < BUF_LEN) {
      ret = read(f, buf+buffill, BUF_LEN-buffill);
      if(ret < 0) {
         perror("Device read");
         exit(1);
      }
      //printf("Read %i bytes\n", ret);
      buffill += ret;
      fpos += ret;
      if(fpos > fnextcp) {
         show_progress();
         fnextcp = fpos + (ftotallen/1024);
      }
      return ret;
   } else {
      return -1;
   }
}

static void dump_hex(unsigned char* data, int len) {
   int i;
   for(i = 0; i < len; i++) {
      printf("%02x", data);
   }
   printf("\n");
}

// structure of a private key:
// "308201130201010420" + private key (32 bytes) + "a081a53081a2020101302c06072a8648ce3d0101022100fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffefffffc2f300604010004010704410479be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce 870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798483ada7726a3c4655da4fbfc0e1108a8fd17b448a 68554199c47d08ffb10d4b8022100fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffebaaedce6af48a03bbf d25e8cd0364141020101a14403420004" + public key (64 bytes)

// structure of compressed private key
// "3081D30201010420" + private key (32 bytes) + "a08185308182020101302c06072a8648ce3d0101022100fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffefffffc2f300604010004010704210279be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce 870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798022100fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffebaa edce6af48a03bbfd25e8cd0364141020101a124032200" + compressed public key (33 bytes)

static void save_recovered_key(unsigned char* pubkey, unsigned char* privkey, bool compressed)
{
   DBT key, data; int ret;
   unsigned char keybuf[70],  valbuf[300];
   if(dbp == NULL) return;
   memset(&key, 0, sizeof(DBT));
   memset(&data, 0, sizeof(DBT));

   if(compressed) {
      memcpy(keybuf, "\x03key\x21", 5);
      memcpy(keybuf+5, pubkey, 33);
      key.data = keybuf;
      key.size = 33+5;

      memcpy(valbuf,"\xd6",1); // length
      memcpy(valbuf+1, "\x30\x81\xD3\x02\x01\x01\x04\x20", ;
      memcpy(valbuf+9, privkey, 32);
      memcpy(valbuf+41, "\xa0\x81\x85\x30\x81\x82\x02\x01\x01\x30\x2c\x06\x07\x2a\x86\x48\xce\x3d\x01\x01\x02\x21\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xfc\x2f\x30\x06\x04\x01\x00\x04\x01\x07\x04\x21\x02\x79\xbe\x66\x7e\xf9\xdc\xbb\xac\x55\xa0\x62\x95\xce\x87\x0b\x07\x02\x9b\xfc\xdb\x2d\xce\x28\xd9\x59\xf2\x81\x5b\x16\xf8\x17\x98\x02\x21\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xba\xae\xdc\xe6\xaf\x48\xa0\x3b\xbf\xd2\x5e\x8c\xd0\x36\x41\x41\x02\x01\x01\xa1\x24\x03\x22\x00", 141);
      memcpy(valbuf+182, pubkey, 33);
      data.data = valbuf;
      data.size = 215;
   } else {
      memcpy(keybuf, "\x03key\x41\x04", 6);
      memcpy(keybuf+6, pubkey, 64);
      key.data = keybuf;
      key.size = 64+6;

      memcpy(valbuf,"\xfd\x17\x01",3); // length
      memcpy(valbuf+3, "\x30\x82\x01\x13\x02\x01\x01\x04\x20", 9);
      memcpy(valbuf+12, privkey, 32);
      memcpy(valbuf+44, "\xa0\x81\xa5\x30\x81\xa2\x02\x01\x01\x30\x2c\x06\x07\x2a\x86\x48\xce\x3d\x01\x01\x02\x21\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xfc\x2f\x30\x06\x04\x01\x00\x04\x01\x07\x04\x41\x04\x79\xbe\x66\x7e\xf9\xdc\xbb\xac\x55\xa0\x62\x95\xce\x87\x0b\x07\x02\x9b\xfc\xdb\x2d\xce\x28\xd9\x59\xf2\x81\x5b\x16\xf8\x17\x98\x48\x3a\xda\x77\x26\xa3\xc4\x65\x5d\xa4\xfb\xfc\x0e\x11\x08\xa8\xfd\x17\xb4\x48\xa6\x85\x54\x19\x9c\x47\xd0\x8f\xfb\x10\xd4\xb8\x02\x21\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xba\xae\xdc\xe6\xaf\x48\xa0\x3b\xbf\xd2\x5e\x8c\xd0\x36\x41\x41\x02\x01\x01\xa1\x44\x03\x42\x00\x04",174);
      memcpy(valbuf+218, pubkey, 64);
      data.data = valbuf;
      data.size = 279+3;
   }

   ret = dbp->put(dbp, NULL, &key, &data, DB_NOOVERWRITE);
   if(ret == DB_KEYEXIST) {
      printf("Skipping DB write, key already exists\n");
   } else if(ret != 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "Error: DB write failed!\n");
      dbp->close(dbp, 0);
      exit(1);
   }
}

// really dirty hack to force a rescan at next startup
static void invalidate_best_block() {
   DBT key, data; int ret;
   unsigned char keybuf[10],  valbuf[0];
   if(dbp == NULL) return;
   memset(&key, 0, sizeof(DBT));
   memset(&data, 0, sizeof(DBT));
   
   key.data = (void*)("\x09" "bestblock");
   key.size = 10;
   data.data = (void*)"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00";
   data.size = 5;
   ret = dbp->put(dbp, NULL, &key, &data, 0);
   if(ret != 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "Error: DB write failed!\n");
      dbp->close(dbp, 0);
      exit(1);
   }
}

static void try_recover_key(key_info *kinfo) {
   if(kinfo->found_pub && kinfo->found_priv && !kinfo->recovered) {
      printf("pubkey = "); dump_hex(&kinfo->pubkey[0], 64);
      printf("privkey = "); dump_hex(&kinfo->privkey[0], 32);
      save_recovered_key(&kinfo->pubkey[0], &kinfo->privkey[0], false);
      kinfo->recovered = 1;
      num_recovered++; num_pend_pub--;
      if(!kinfo->recovered_comp) num_pend_priv--;
   } else if(kinfo->found_pub_comp && kinfo->found_priv && !kinfo->recovered_comp) {
      printf("pubkey_comp = "); dump_hex(&kinfo->pubkey_comp[0], 33);
      printf("privkey = "); dump_hex(&kinfo->privkey[0], 32);
      save_recovered_key(&kinfo->pubkey_comp[0], &kinfo->privkey[0], true);
      kinfo->recovered_comp = 1;
      num_recovered++; num_pend_pub_comp--;
      if(!kinfo->recovered) num_pend_priv--;
   }
   show_progress();
}

static void do_recover_privkey(int keypos) {
   std::vector<unsigned char> privkey(32);
   std::vector<unsigned char> gen_pubkey(64);
   if(buffill - keypos < 32) {
      fprintf(stderr, "Not enough data in buffer to recover key!\n");
      return;
   }
   memcpy(&privkey[0], buf+keypos, 32);

   keymap_iter iter = privkey_map.find(privkey);
   if(iter != privkey_map.end()) {
      //printf("Duplicate potential private key, skipping\n");
      num_dups++;
      show_progress();
      return;
   } else {
      CryptoPP::ECDSA<CryptoPP::ECP, CryptoPP::SHA1>::PrivateKey privateKey;      
      CryptoPP::ECDSA<CryptoPP::ECP, CryptoPP::SHA1>::PublicKey publicKey;
      CryptoPP::Integer pkey_i(&privkey[0], 32);
      privateKey.Initialize( CryptoPP::ASN1::secp256k1(), pkey_i );
      privateKey.MakePublicKey(publicKey);

      const CryptoPP::ECP::Point& q = publicKey.GetPublicElement();
      q.x.Encode(&gen_pubkey[0], 32); q.y.Encode(&gen_pubkey[32], 32);

      key_info* kinfo;
      iter = pubkey_map.find(gen_pubkey);
      if(iter != pubkey_map.end()) {
         kinfo = iter->second;
      } else {
         kinfo = new key_info();
         kinfo->pubkey = gen_pubkey;
         kinfo->found_pub = 0;
         pubkey_map[gen_pubkey] = kinfo;
      }

      kinfo->found_priv = 1;
      kinfo->privkey = privkey;
      privkey_map[privkey] = kinfo;
      num_pend_priv++;
      //printf("Found potential privkey: ");
      //dump_hex(&privkey[0], 32);
      try_recover_key(kinfo);
   }
}

static void do_recover_pubkey_uncomp(int keypos) {
   std::vector<unsigned char> pubkey(64);
   if(buffill - keypos < 64) {
      fprintf(stderr, "Not enough data in buffer to recover key!\n");
      return;
   }
   memcpy(&pubkey[0], buf+keypos, 64);

   key_info* kinfo;
   keymap_iter iter = pubkey_map.find(pubkey);
   if(iter != pubkey_map.end()) {
      kinfo = iter->second;
      if(kinfo->found_pub) {
         //printf("Duplicate potential public key, skipping\n");
         num_dups++;
         show_progress();
         return;
      }
   } else {
      kinfo = new key_info();
      kinfo->pubkey = pubkey;
      pubkey_map[pubkey] = kinfo;
   }

   kinfo->found_pub = 1;
   kinfo->pubkey = pubkey;
   num_pend_pub++;

   //printf("Found potential pubkey: ");
   //dump_hex(&pubkey[0], 64);
   try_recover_key(kinfo);
}

static void do_recover_pubkey_comp(int keypos) {
   std::vector<unsigned char> pubkey_comp(33);
   std::vector<unsigned char> gen_pubkey(64);
   if(buffill - keypos < 33) {
      fprintf(stderr, "Not enough data in buffer to recover key!\n");
      return;
   }
   memcpy(&pubkey_comp[0], buf+keypos, 33);

   CryptoPP::ECDSA<CryptoPP::ECP, CryptoPP::SHA1>::PublicKey publicKey;
    publicKey.AccessGroupParameters().Initialize( CryptoPP::ASN1::secp256k1() );
   CryptoPP::ECP::Point q;
   try {
      publicKey.GetGroupParameters().GetCurve().DecodePoint(q,&pubkey_comp[0],33);
   } catch(CryptoPP::Exception& e) {
      printf("CryptoPP exception decompressing pubkey: %s\n", e.what());
      return;
   }
   publicKey.SetPublicElement(q);
   q.x.Encode(&gen_pubkey[0], 32); q.y.Encode(&gen_pubkey[32], 32);
   
   key_info* kinfo;
   keymap_iter iter = pubkey_map.find(gen_pubkey);
   if(iter != pubkey_map.end()) {
      kinfo = iter->second;
      if(kinfo->found_pub_comp) {
         //printf("Duplicate potential compressed public key, skipping\n");
         num_dups++;
         show_progress();
         return;
      }
   } else {
      kinfo = new key_info();
      kinfo->pubkey = gen_pubkey;
      pubkey_map[gen_pubkey] = kinfo;
   }

   kinfo->found_pub_comp = 1;
   kinfo->pubkey = gen_pubkey;
   kinfo->pubkey_comp = pubkey_comp;
   num_pend_pub_comp++;

   //printf("Found potential compressed pubkey: ");
   //dump_hex(&pubkey_comp[0], 33);
   try_recover_key(kinfo);
}


static void do_recover_pubkey() {
   if(buffill - bufpos < 1)
      return;

   if(buf[bufpos] == 0x04) {
      do_recover_pubkey_uncomp(bufpos+1);
   } else if(buf[bufpos] == 0x02 || buf[bufpos] == 0x03) {
      do_recover_pubkey_comp(bufpos);
   }
}

// nasty hack to try and recover BitcoinJ public+private keys
// probably quite unreliable
static void do_recover_pubkey_j() {
   std::vector<unsigned char> pubkey(64);
   if(buffill - bufpos < 64 || bufpos < 64) {
      fprintf(stderr, "Not enough data in buffer to recover potential BitcoinJ key!\n");
      return;
   }

   int bufpos_priv = -1;
   for(int i = bufpos-64; i < bufpos-37; i++) {
      if(memcmp(buf+i, "\x00\x00\x00\x20", 4) == 0) {
         bufpos_priv = i+4; break;
      }
   }
   if(bufpos_priv < 0)
      return;

   do_recover_pubkey_uncomp(bufpos);
   do_recover_privkey(bufpos_priv);
}

static void do_scan(void) {
   int flg = 1, len; unsigned char *p;
   int stateid = 0;
   while(flg || bufpos < buffill) {
      const short *next_tbl = statemap[stateid];
      flg = refill_buf();
      for(; {
         if(next_tbl[0] < 0 || next_tbl[0] == buf[bufpos]) {
            stateid = next_tbl[1]; break;
         }
         next_tbl += 2;
      }
      bufpos++;
      if(stateid == STATE_FOUND_PUBKEY || stateid == STATE_FOUND_PUBKEY_2 || stateid == STATE_FOUND_PUBKEY_COMP ) {
         //printf("Found potential key!\n");
         refill_buf();
         do_recover_pubkey();
      } else if(stateid == STATE_FOUND_PUBKEY_J ) {
         refill_buf();
         do_recover_pubkey_j();         
      } else if(stateid == STATE_FOUND_PRIVKEY) {
         refill_buf();
         do_recover_privkey(bufpos);
      }
   }
}

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   u_int32_t flags; int ret;
   num_recovered = num_pend_pub = num_pend_pub_comp = num_pend_priv = num_dups = 0;
   if(argc < 2 || argc > 3) {
      fprintf(stderr, "bitcoin-wallet-recover v0.3\n");
      fprintf(stderr, "(C) 2011-2012 Aidan Thornton. All rights reserved.\n");
      fprintf(stderr, "See LICENSE.txt for full copyright and licensing information\n");
      fprintf(stderr, "\n");
      fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <device> [<new wallet>]\n", argv[0]);
      exit(1);
   }

   bufpos = 0; buffill = 0;
   f = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
   if(f < 0) {
      perror("Opening input");
      exit(1);
   }
   ftotallen = lseek(f, 0, SEEK_END);
   fpos = fnextcp = 0;
   lseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
   //printf("DEBUG: f = %i\n", f);

   if(argc >= 3) {
      ret = db_create(&dbp, NULL, 0);
      if (ret != 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Error: couldn't create DB to open output wallet\n");
         exit(1);
      }
      flags = DB_CREATE;
      ret = dbp->open(dbp,
            NULL, // transaction pointer
            argv[2],
            "main", // logical database name
            DB_BTREE,
            flags,
            0);
      if (ret != 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Error: couldn't open output wallet\n");
         exit(1);
      }
   } else {
      dbp = NULL;
   }
   
   do_scan();
   if(dbp && num_recovered > 0)
      invalidate_best_block();
   if(dbp)
      dbp->close(dbp, 0);
   fprintf(stderr, "Done - %i keys recovered, %i %i %i fail %i dups!     \n", num_recovered, num_pend_pub, num_pend_pub_comp, num_pend_priv, num_dups);
   if(num_recovered <= 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "Sorry, nothing found :-(\n");
   } else {
      if(dbp) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Note: recovered addresses won't be listed under 'Receive coins' in the client\n\n");
      }
      fprintf(stderr, "If this helped, feel free to make a donation to the author at:\n");
      fprintf(stderr, "    *** 1CxDtwy7SAYHu7RJr5MFFUwtn8VEotTj8P ***\n");
      fprintf(stderr, "Please backup your wallet regularly and securely!\n\n");
      if(dbp) {
         fprintf(stderr, "After running the client and confirming your coins are all there, please either:\n");
         fprintf(stderr, " * Send all your coins to a new wallet that's securely backed up in one big transaction, or\n");
         fprintf(stderr, " * Stop the client and take a backup of your wallet before making any transactions\n");
         fprintf(stderr, "I'd also recommend using the -upgradewallet option, though it's not required\n\n");
      }
   }
   return 0;
}

static int refill_buf(void) {
   int ret;
   //printf("refill_buf: fill = %i pos = %i\n", buffill, bufpos);
   if(bufpos > BUF_WATERMARK) {
      memcpy(buf, buf + BUF_SEGMENT, BUF_LEN-BUF_SEGMENT);
      buffill -= BUF_SEGMENT;
      bufpos -= BUF_SEGMENT;
   }
   if(buffill < BUF_LEN) {
      ret = read(f, buf+buffill, BUF_LEN-buffill);
      if(ret < 0) {
         perror("Device read");
         exit(1);
      }
      //printf("Read %i bytes\n", ret);
      buffill += ret;
      fpos += ret;
      if(fpos > fnextcp) {
         show_progress();
         fnextcp = fpos + (ftotallen/1024);
      }
      return ret;
   } else {
      return -1;
   }
}

Definitely shouldn't take 4 weeks, especially with NVMe if you're talking about WD SN550. My synchronization took a day with my HDD and 6 hours on my SATA SSD but they had 6GB of dbcache. Is your ISP throttling your connection by any chance?

Those are the nodes which allows incoming connection. It's methodology gives an inaccurate sampling of the actual node count as it doesn't take into account the nodes that doesn't allow incoming connection.

What about disk I/O? Disk I/O is usually a major bottleneck because Bitcoin Core constantly reads and writes from storage. The updating of the UTXO set during validation causes a lot of disk I/O and it can often end up being the bottleneck.

If you increase the dbcache parameter, more of the database can be held in memory which improves the sync time.

How do you know?

Did you measure that or is that what the estimate says?

Why would anyone want to store their funds on a company's server which would hold the private keys of their address