Today I realized I lost access to a small BTC wallet inside a .7z archive.
A few days ago, I made a backup of all my data, including one of my small Bitcoin wallets,
by putting it into a .7z archive with a password. I did this because I needed to reinstall my whole system. The archive contains the Electrum wallet seed and a public key with about 0.001 BTC. I usually encrypt and store such files on a flash drive.
But today, after reinstalling my laptop, I realized that while I have everything properly backed up, I don’t have the password for the 7z archive.
Normally, I write down such passwords on paper - but this time I didn't.
I usually start my passwords the same way and then add a mix of random English words, so the full passwords are never identical.
And to make matters worse, when I installed the new Linux Mint system, I completely overwrote the SSD, so there's no way to recover any data from the disk.
On the other hand, there’s not a huge amount of money in that Bitcoin wallet - not enough to justify any advanced disk recovery methods.
So all I have now is the .7z file, which I’ve uploaded to Dropbox:
Password beginning I remember:
badwolf...................... (the rest is probably just 8–9 English words I randomly came up with at the time)
Wallet address (a friend recently sent me 0.001 BTC there):
bc1qlj4qm6erz5yzj4sdxxj30paavj9dstu62upzkh
📁 Download the archive (.7z): [ DOWNLOAD LINK ]
Feel free to try your luck.
The archive is free to use — no conditions attached.
Whoever cracks the password gets the wallet and its contents.
I don’t expect or want any thanks or share in return! This is simply a fair challenge born from my own stupidity.
If you want, feel free to share this — maybe someone out there knows how to crack it.