I lost my Bitcoin wallet. Here's what I’m doing now.
I recently lost access to a cold wallet with ~100k sats.
No hacks. No scams. Just a simple, brutal truth: I wrote the seed wrong.
I tried everything:
btcrecover, different derivation paths, hours of debugging.
Nothing worked.
At first, I felt wrecked. But then I realized:
This is Bitcoin.
No reset buttons. No “forgot my password.”
Only sovereignty and responsibility.
So I’m starting fresh:
Cold wallet setup with Tails + Sparrow
Seed handwritten on paper
Watching-only wallet for daily use
No passphrases, no overcomplication
Back to 20k sats — but with way more experience.
The 100k sats I lost? Consider it tuition.
Now I’m stacking smarter, with even more respect for this tool.
Pain is a great teacher. Bitcoin doesn’t forgive, but it rewards discipline.
Let’s go again.
