What Is CryptoDiver?
Countless Bitcoins around the world have become completely inaccessible.
Their private keys were lost, and with them, any means of access.
These assets were neither stolen nor seized—yet no one can withdraw them anymore.
CryptoDiver is an application designed to legally recover these “sleeping Bitcoins”, offering rewards to participants who take part in cryptographic exploration.
Participants can easily perform CryptoDiving from their smartphones, attempting daily to “unlock” legitimate wallets managed by the app.
This is not hacking.
It is the world’s first cryptographic recovery project conducted with the full consent of the rightful owners.
Play, rescue, and earn rewards—all at the same time.
That is the new experience offered by CryptoDiver.
Let’s Learn the Basics of How Bitcoin Works
Bitcoin is a decentralized currency, meaning it has no bank or central administrator.
Because of this, the management of all assets depends entirely on a single private key.
The mechanism is actually very simple:
- Public Key: The address used to receive Bitcoin. It is visible to anyone.
- Private Key: The password used to send Bitcoin from that address. Only the owner knows it.
These two keys always come as a pair, and without the private key, no Bitcoin in the wallet can be moved.
In other words, if you lose your private key even once, the Bitcoin in the wallet becomes permanently inaccessible.
You cannot contact a bank, nor can you request a password reset from a service provider.
“You are responsible for your own assets.”
This is both the principle—and the risk—of Bitcoin.
In reality, tens of thousands of Bitcoins around the world have already become inaccessible due to lost private keys.
The wallets CryptoDiver targets are Bitcoin Core Wallets, which were used in the early days of Bitcoin development.
Why is Bitcoin considered safe?
Bitcoin operates on a system called the blockchain, which records and monitors all transactions simultaneously across computers worldwide.
This makes it virtually impossible for anyone to alter the records, which is why Bitcoin is considered extremely secure.
To access a Bitcoin wallet, you need the private key described above—a critical password.
To make it easier to manage, this private key is often represented as a mnemonic phrase (recovery phrase).
Mnemonic phrases typically consist of 12 to 24 English words, and the number of possible combinations is astronomical.
The combination of words required to derive the private key for a Bitcoin wallet—essentially the “secret key” that unlocks extremely complex cryptography—would take current computer technology trillions of years to calculate.
This is why Bitcoin wallets are considered secure.
What Is a Bitcoin Core Wallet?
The Bitcoin Core Wallet is the most fundamental and fully featured wallet software provided by the official Bitcoin development team.
It is essentially the “standard wallet of Bitcoin,” and most other wallets and services are built upon this Core Wallet.
The Core Wallet downloads the entire Bitcoin blockchain and communicates directly with the network, providing exceptionally high reliability and security.
However, this also makes it somewhat complex to operate, which can be challenging for beginners.
Many cases have been reported where users lost their private keys due to old wallet files or outdated backup methods.
Why Does CryptoDiver Target Bitcoin Core Wallets?
CryptoDiver searches legitimate wallets that have become inaccessible due to lost private keys.
Among these, the Bitcoin Core Wallet is one of the most widely used—and also one of the most commonly lost—wallet formats in the world.
The Core Wallet stores the secret key as a file on the user’s computer.
The secret key itself is not encrypted by default; it is protected only by a password set and managed by the user.
Because of this, the Core Wallet represents a type of wallet where:
- The assets can potentially be recovered, and
- The recovery process is legally legitimate
CryptoDiver has therefore selected Core Wallets as one of its primary exploration targets.
How CryptoDiver’s Unlocking Mechanism Works
Imagine this:
Right in front of you is a massive vault that can no longer be opened.
Inside it lies a treasure—Bitcoin that once belonged to someone, now locked away.
CryptoDiver is an application designed to find the “key” to unlock such vaults.
However, the unlocking method is completely different from conventional approaches.
This unique method is what makes the app functional and gives us confidence that unlocking is possible.
When a player launches the app and performs a CryptoDive, their smartphone uses data from the main server to calculate a “key number.”
This key is not a direct attempt to discover the Bitcoin secret key itself.
The official secret key of a Bitcoin wallet is derived from a recovery phrase—12 to 24 words in the correct order.
The total number of possible combinations is over 5.4 × 10³⁹ (that’s quintillions upon quintillions of possibilities).
It’s a number so vast it’s almost incomprehensible.
To be clear, even the world’s fastest supercomputers running at full power could not crack this recovery phrase in a reasonable time.
Attempting to do this on a smartphone is simply impossible.
So what is CryptoDiver actually trying to unlock?
CryptoDiver operates with formal authorization from the Bitcoin Core Wallet owner, and it deciphers the password protecting the Core Wallet file.
Think of it this way:
It’s not like hacking a bank account directly.
It’s more like trying to guess the 4-digit PIN on someone’s bank card, not the account itself.
(Of course, hacking a bank is illegal—we are not doing that! This is just an analogy.)
Imagine that the massive vault key is stored inside a simple dial lock safe.
If you open the dial lock safe, you gain access to the real vault key.
In other words, you’re not trying to open the huge vault directly—you just need to open the dial safe first.
The difference between these two challenges is enormous.
Even so, decoding the password on the wallet file is not trivial.
Compared to a full brute-force attack on the recovery phrase, it’s easier—but still involves trying an enormous number of possibilities one by one to find the real key that allows access to Bitcoin again.
Each time you perform a dive, your smartphone performs the calculation and sends the result back to the main server: “Does this key work?”
If one of those keys happens to be the correct key that opens the vault,
you become the first discoverer who rescues that long-lost treasure.
Every daily dive becomes a journey to find the one correct answer.
This is what makes CryptoDiver the world’s only real-world “unlocking challenge” app.
How the Reward System Works in CryptoDiver
How Are Rewards Generated?
In CryptoDiver, tapping the “CryptoDive” button causes your smartphone to perform password search calculations using analysis data provided by the main server.
Even if your search does not hit anything, you will still receive 1 point as a proof of contribution.
During a dive, you may also randomly discover special fragments called “unknown Crypto.”
In such cases, you can earn additional bonus points.
This system allows players to accumulate points reliably just by participating, even if they don’t personally unlock the wallet.
All points you collect are recorded as your contribution score.
If someone eventually succeeds in unlocking the target wallet, the Bitcoin stored inside (approximately 340 BTC as of November 2025) will be distributed among all participants according to their contribution score.
Thanks to this mechanism, CryptoDiver achieves an “All-Win” structure, where everyone can earn a share of the reward simply by taking part.
How Do Points Turn Into Rewards? (The Cash-Out Mechanism)
Note:
The wallet has not yet been unlocked, so the button for converting points into Bitcoin is not displayed at this time.
In CryptoDiver, the points you earn from diving and discovering Crypto are never just a “score.”
These points serve as proof of contribution, which can later be converted into real Bitcoin (BTC).
Reward distribution occurs when someone successfully unlocks a wallet.
In addition to the reward given to the successful participant, all players receive a share of the reward based on their accumulated contribution points, giving them the right to claim it.
In other words, the reward flow in CryptoDiver works like this:
Participate → Earn Points → Convert Points to BTC → Withdraw and convert to cash on an exchange
The system provides a clear and secure path from participating in the challenge to receiving actual monetary rewards in your hands.ple, and secure.
Important Notice
CryptoDiver does not engage in the business of buying or selling Bitcoin.
We cannot purchase Bitcoin from users or handle BTC trading requests.
Thank you for your understanding.