welliv/btcrecover-skill — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-05-18
Get AI guided help attempting to recover a lost Bitcoin wallet password or seed phrase.
Run local recovery attempts using Ollama and a Hermes model instead of a cloud service.
Report a successful or failed recovery attempt to help improve the shared guides.
| welliv/btcrecover-skill | 123satyajeet123/bitnet-server | alexbloch-ia/legal-data | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Language | Shell | Shell | Shell |
| Setup difficulty | moderate | easy | moderate |
| Complexity | 3/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Audience | general | developer | general |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Local recovery setup requires installing and configuring Ollama with a specific model.
Btcrecover-skill describes itself as an AI layer built on top of an existing tool called btcrecover, created by 3rdIteration. Btcrecover is a program people use to try to recover access to a Bitcoin wallet when they have lost or forgotten part of their password or seed phrase. This project's stated goal is to make that recovery process easier to use by adding an AI assisted layer on top of the original tool. The README is short and mostly acts as a table of contents pointing to other files in the repository rather than explaining the project in depth. It links to a PROJECT.md file for a fuller overview, a SKILL.md file described as the AI orchestrator and the recommended starting point, a guide for setting up local recovery using Ollama and a model called Hermes, and a folder of agent specific install guides. It also links to files about security disclosure policy, an authenticity anchor document, and a legal disclaimer. Installation is done by running a single shell command that downloads and runs an install script directly from the repository. The project also has a community section inviting people to report successful recoveries or problems through GitHub Discussions, noting that these reports should only include the wallet type and scenario, not sensitive data like passwords or seed phrases. Beyond this structure, the README does not explain in detail how the AI layer works, what specific recovery methods it supports, or how it differs technically from the original btcrecover project. The project is released under the GPL-2.0 license and is described as free and open source.
An AI assisted layer built on top of the btcrecover tool to help guide people through recovering lost Bitcoin wallet passwords or seed phrases.
Mainly Shell. The stack also includes Shell, Ollama.
You can use and modify the code, but if you distribute it or a modified version, you must also release the source under the same GPL license.
Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.
Mainly general.
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