Starting with "Chasing Shadows": The 2048 words that determine trillions of encryption assets.Written by: Tyler
Recently, I watched Jackie Chan's critically acclaimed new work "Catching the Wind and Pursuing Shadows," and there is a pretty interesting scene in it—over a hundred billion Hong Kong dollars worth of crypto assets locked in a 12-word mnemonic wallet, with only the last word remaining unknown.
I finished watching and tried it out, only to find that the 10th and 12th positions are not in the standard mnemonic word list. Clearly, the screenwriter wrote it this way on purpose to prevent someone from restoring the wallet according to the plot for fraud, as similar scams on the blockchain are not uncommon.
Scammers intentionally leak a "balance-holding" wallet address (typically on the Tron chain, using the Owner mechanism) to lure people into transferring Gas, waiting for the unsuspecting to take the bait. Once the funds are transferred in, they can never be retrieved.
But the interesting point here is that the movie says it is only one word away from not knowing. However, in the real world, the mnemonic phrase follows
TechubNews·2025-08-28 05:11