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Well, I fucked up and lost my private key to my ETH account that was holding all my ICO tokens. Wiped computer with key, thought I had backup, drive with backup died and I tossed it to electronic recycling at work. I can go and ask if they still have it on Monday but chances are that it's completely gone. Lost 30k REQ and 8k AST and a bit over .1 of my ETH.

Trying to cope now, and it sucks badly, but just a question. If quantum computing ends up happening, will I be able to recover my stuff at some point? It seems as if that should be possible but it seems like a long shot. I assume that it would be possible to reverse just as long as there is a transaction using current encryption methods and you have the transaction hash and public key, right?

>> No.7753121

>>7753047
Its gone dude.

>> No.7753148

Why the hell didn't you write it down somewhere? If you're going to keep your ETH off-exchange, it's your own fault if you don't have a paper backup.

>> No.7753152

>>7753047
I don't think Quantum computing will be able to recover your private key. Even so, you're looking at 15 years minimum before quantum computers are powerful enough and commercially available.

>> No.7753181

When quantum computing becomes robust enough to break ECDSA, anyone with access to the computer will be able to transfer coins from any wallet anyway. Any coin that hasn't changed to a quantum resistant algorithm will plummet in value to 0

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7753215

>>7753047
no quantum shits will help you nigger, you fucked up.

some pajeet will attempt to shill you some of his bags in this thread, to add salt in the wound.

hope things are better in the future though brozzer

>> No.7753221

so sorry

>> No.7753280

>>7753148

Yeah I only have myself to blame for it. At least I didn't lose multiple bitcoins like some people did, even losing 5 bitcoin is more than what I lost. Losing money still sucks though.

>>7753152

Hashimoto-Dagger doesn't seem to be doing anything that is quantum-resistant and is based on SHA-3, so it is technically possible even though yeah, you're realistic about the timeline. Probably will pass it onto my kids and grandkids for them to get as an inheritance if it happens.

>> No.7753831

unlucky senpai

>> No.7754034

>>7753047
Nothing in email? MetaMask? Other computers?

>> No.7754061

>>7753047
your fault for being an idiot.
I have 3 usb sticks and 3 pieces of paper hidden around my area that hold information for me to restore my keys.

u have to be an absolute retard to only have one backup device

>> No.7754062

>>7753215
Buy Mobius op sir.

>> No.7754369

You should have at least 3 backups, and one of them should be offsite or online