Hi everyone,
I’m in need of help and not sure where to ask.
The problem is that I lost part of my BIP39 seed phrase. I have the following words:
1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9
However, I’m missing words 4, 5, 6, and 10, 11, 12.
I’ve done some research to understand how BIP39 seeds work. I know there are 2048 possible words in the wordlist, so recovering 6 missing words would result in
204
8
6
2048
6
possible combinations, which is infeasible. But I still have hope because the last word in a BIP39 phrase is derived from the previous ones, meaning in theory, only 5 words are truly lost.
Additionally, I’ve read that the seed phrase must match a checksum, which greatly reduces the possibilities.
The main asset I had is in Ethereum (ETH), and I still have the ETH address linked to the wallet, which could help narrow things down. However, I lack the technical expertise to code custom tools or use GPU-based or distributed computing for a brute-force attack.
Given that there’s over $25 million USD in this wallet, I have a considerable budget to potentially recover the seed, and I’m willing to pay for the necessary computational resources or a solution.
Before investing heavily in brute-forcing the missing words, I want to first see if there’s any feasible way to recover the seed using computational power.
If anyone has a good solution, I’m offering a generous reward.
Thank you!
That is 2048^6 different combinations you would have to try to brute force. I consider that practically unfeasible for realistic brute force, but technically possible, on paper. I probably would not waste my time and money on cracking it, but perhaps you get extremely lucky?
