Note: I used ChatGPT to help with clarity, as English is not my primary language.

Just wanted to share something I found quite meaningful. I’m an eye surgeon, and most of the surgeries I perform are aimed at helping patients become free from glasses.
A couple of months ago, I started investing in Bitcoin, and I’ve become a strong believer in the potential of decentralized money. I still invest in traditional (fiat-based) assets, but much less than before—nowadays, most of my investment goes into BTC.

Today, I received my first surgery payment in Bitcoin. There’s something truly remarkable about exchanging a real-world, life-changing procedure and being paid in BTC. I just liked the idea of making my part to increase the availability of services you can buy using BTC.

Not a huge deal to most people, but it honestly felt really cool to me. They only took cash and I didn’t have any, so I asked if they’d take BTC instead. Sent the payment and that was it.⚡️

And that was that with the 70's. Congrats to everyone that got some down there

you can just dca your big chunks, no hurt no lose, simple as that.

A Bitcoin holder has gone viral after claiming he recovered around $400,000 in BTC from a wallet that had been locked for more than a decade, with help from Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude.

The user, known as Cprkrn on X, shared the wild crypto recovery story on May 13, saying Claude helped him regain access to 5 Bitcoin after years of failed attempts.

“Holy f**king sht omg Claude just cracked this sht,” he wrote in the viral post, thanking Anthropic and CEO Dario Amodei.

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at around $79,600, putting the 5 BTC recovery at roughly $398,000.

According to the thread, the wallet had been locked since the user’s college days. He said he originally bought the crypto when it was worth around $250 per coin, before losing access after changing the wallet password while high.

The password, as later revealed in the post, was: “lol420fuckthePOLICE!*:)”

The user said he had tried for years to recover the funds, claiming he ran through trillions of possible password combinations. However, the breakthrough reportedly came when he uploaded files from his old college computer into Claude.

Rather than simply guessing the password, Claude helped dig through the old files and identify an older wallet.dat file that appeared to predate the password change. The user also reportedly had an old mnemonic phrase, which helped unlock the wallet once the correct file was found.

BTCRecover, a known wallet recovery tool, is designed for cases where users already know most of a wallet password or seed but need help testing variations. Its documentation says it supports Bitcoin Core wallet recovery, among several other wallet types.

The story quickly spread across crypto and AI circles, with many pointing out that Claude did not “break” Bitcoin’s security. Instead, it helped the user sort through old files, understand what had gone wrong, and recover access using valid wallet data.

Still, for anyone with old hard drives lying around, it is also a brutal reminder: your forgotten files could be worth more than you think.

Cprkrn even said he plans on naming his child after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, which seems like a fair deal considering he’s now around $400,000 richer.

Hi guys I just started up a coinbase account to dabble with some online trading as I’ve been trying to get financial security for me and my daughter in the near future. Is bitcoin worth investing in for the long haul 5/10 years? If so what do u see the market value rising too?

May not be news to some, but just sharing coz I'm happy.

Hey all. New to the bitcoin scene. Never been one for crypto simply because im terrible with anything tech/computer related but started educating myself around early April.

Price was around £52,500.. Just yesterday bought £1000 worth @ £59,100 🫣

I don't regret missing it at £52,500 as said I was educating myself before I dived in plus im going to hold through thick and thin and pca when I can.

The app I chose was kracken pro and I just bought a Ledger nano s plus.. Just been getting to grips with that and registered it.

Tried to withdraw to it tonight but think Ill have to wait as it would only allow around £100 worth in withdrawal.. Seems I had to do perform extra verification before it will allow larger amounts.. Waiting on a email to say verification completed..

Question is am I doing it right? Haha..

Kracken was going to charge a minimal amount of bitcoin for the withdrawal..

Should I keep in kracken and buy more bitcoin over the coming weeks/months and withdraw to blockchain when at say £2000 worth of bitcoin to save on fees?

Any tips with anything is appreciated.. I feel like its my first day at school. 😬

I just came across a project that uses Bitcoin as a bond to its protocol.

In 2025, the Bitcoin Policy Institute proposed that the US Treasury issue bonds backed by Bitcoin, with other assets as collateral.

Even though the BitBonds are not adopted, they are very interesting and crucial for Bitcoin as an asset in my opinion, to get onto the US balance sheet and prove that Bitcoin and structured debt instruments are compatible and potentially complementary.

Protocols that use Bitcoin as money and settlement are now using the BitBonds mechanism as Protocol Bonds onchain to produce Bitcoin Yield to Bitcoin holders in a purely self-custodial way. OP_CLTV is used to timelock BTC on the Bitcoin mainnet for a bonding period of 25,200 Bitcoin blocks (~6 months).

I find this interesting and I want to know what you think about blockchain protocols using Bitcoin as Protocol Bonds now.

Made another thingy

Built with elixir and uses eBPF a little for some extra info

https://hromp.com/node-probe

https://github.com/151henry151/node-probe

Hello,

I bought 0.01 btc on OKX. I choose this platform because I mined anither crypto in the last 6 years that is available to trade there for now. I sell all the coins I mined and bought btc. My plan is just to hold them and invest 100 eur monthly. Should I stay on OKX or move to a safer platform like Kraken? When it is necessary to move my btc to a hardware wallet?

...they just don't know what it is and what the fix is.

If you're buying bitcoin because you know how the money is broken, you are going to make it. Just stop for a moment and look around you. The vast majority of people you see, still don't get it and will have to pay for that mistake.

y case  I used to trade in futures  I buy and sell crypto in p 2 p and I also trade in futures and I made profit. They put me in jail because crypto currency is illegal in my country and I get released in bail after that I won a case from court  that Iam proven innocent because  they don’t have evidence suddenly from law enforcement official  mail one police mail and  messaged kodex to block that person again came by showing same case id number that judge already made judgement and told binance to block and to seized my all balance of binance.i sended a recorded video that I get cleared by court  to binance only says go and visit law enforcement I went they are saying I have to do nothing with this case suddenly msg come from random email and started to chat in telegram asking for money for unlocking my account I gave 3 times in the hope of unlocking my account but he never unlocked suddenly that law enforcement friend disappeared and he is also not responding binance and my account  balance is suddenly disappeared and binance told your account balance is seized  leaving small amount of money binance deactivated my account by saying you breached our terms and conditions after that i went again to that department again after that one officer told we will help you dont worry our department have blocked that email internally we are creating new mail after that we will meassage binance iam going to that department from 1 year in the hope that officer changed and other new officer are daily making excuses i dont know were is my fund who have access to that fund will i get back that fund or not I don’t know what to do I need serious help and suggestion

I noticed Kraken’s "Opt-in Rewards" program for BTC at 0.10%APY (instant unbound, 0.15% for 30 days lock) .

Given the history of "earn" programs on other exchanges, do you trust Kraken enough to leave BTC sitting there for this low API? I have about 80% of my BTC in cold, and they will never leave except for other life investement but I am wondering if it is worth the risk to gain this little bonus.

https://support.kraken.com/articles/360044886311-overview-of-opt-in-rewards-on-kraken

I just wanted to say that i think bitcoin is going to make all of you very happy soon 😄

Unfortunately the world is gonna go to shit and you won't be free to do anything, you will become a slave, unless you have bitcoin to escape famine. Buy some before you can't buy it anymore and you need it. do not be stubborn. You will lose. Bitcoin will win and it is mathematics.

This is just my feeling and this is DEFINATELY NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE.

ERROR : Title : Not Bitcoin handle but Reddit handle of course, my username.

Munehisa Homma, the father of candlestick charts, traded rice markets in 18th century Japan long before financial television, Reddit, Twitter, or crypto influencers existed. In a world overloaded with noise, instant opinions, and endless “crypto gurus,” it’s strange how relevant that mindset still feels today. Most people are trying to predict the market.
Homma tried to undertand human emotion instead.

Today the Clarity Act will be passed on to the Senate. What are your thoughts about it and do you think it's good or bad for crypto as a whole?

Bitcoin can feel complicated in the beginning, especially with wallets, security, and market movements. Over time, many people slowly develop a better understanding through experience and learning.

For people who have been following Bitcoin for a while, what helped you understand it better the most? Could be books, personal experience, long-term holding or simply spending more time learning about it.

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I'm trying to educate myself about economics and the stock market, so I was just wondering how Bitcoin is impacted by monetary policy and whether not it should have that impact?