One wallet. A distributed password search.
We separate the search from the wallet, so independent operators can help without receiving anything that lets them spend.
Four steps from intake to recovery.
- 01
We review the case
You tell us which wallet you have and what you remember about the password. We confirm ownership, compatibility, and whether the search is realistic.
- 02
We create a safe test piece
In custodial recovery, we create it after secure intake. In non-custodial recovery, you create it locally and keep the wallet.
- 03
Operators test passwords
Distribrute splits the search into batches. Operator machines test them against the safe test piece and return matches for verification. A machine owner can inspect locally tested candidates, including a password it finds.
- 04
We complete the recovery
Custodial cases are settled by Distribrute. Non-custodial cases finish in a guided session on the owner’s computer.
Same search, different wallet handling.
We handle the wallet-side work.
You send the encrypted wallet through secure intake. Distribrute verifies the recovered password and completes the payout. Operators still receive only the safe test piece.
The wallet stays on your computer.
You send only the safe test piece. After a match, Distribrute guides a local session to unlock the wallet, build the payout, and sign after you review and approve it.
A password is not a wallet.
The operator that finds the password still lacks the wallet and its spending keys.
What the local search can see
- ✓A safe test piece
- ✓An assigned batch of password candidates
- ✓The exact password if this machine finds it
- ✓A random case reference
Wallet and direct customer data
- ×The full wallet
- ×Spending keys
- ×Direct name or contact fields
- ×Complete address lists, balances, or transaction history
A found password may be visible to the machine owner. It can carry privacy or password-reuse risk, but it is not enough to move funds without the wallet and spending keys. Safe-piece metadata is wallet-specific: an older Electrum BIE1 piece may reveal a prefix of the first address, while a MultiBit Classic .key piece reveals a bounded, non-spendable WIF prefix after a match.
A funded recovery creates the operator pool.
After a funded recovery completes settlement, the value is allocated 85% to the owner, 10% to the signed operator pool, and 5% to Distribrute. Automated settlement is still planned.
Conceptual recovery-value allocation
After a funded recovery completes settlement, value is allocated to the owner, the signed operator pool and Distribrute. Automated on-chain settlement is still planned.
to the wallet owner
to the signed operator pool
to Distribrute
Non-custodial: the owner reviews and authorizes settlement during a guided local recovery today. The operator pool may be divided among multiple eligible operators under the case's signed policy.