Fund 12 - Catalyst Voting App isn't working for me

[HeptaSean]

@FrankR

I wish I had a screenshot of the PIN,

I have now put the brute-forcing in a small web app:

Brute-Forcing the PIN for a Catalyst QR Code

This article is also available on https://github.com/HeptaSean/catalyst-qr together with the source code. Brute-Forcing the PIN for a Catalyst QR Code TLDR With the web app at https://heptasean.de/catalyst-qr/ you can scan your Catalyst QR code and it will brute-force your PIN in case you have forgotten it. (It does that on your device in your browser. No data are transmitted to any server.) Example In the first screenshot, we see the app having scanned an old, unused Catalyst QR from me and b…

You just scan the QR code and it starts trying all possible PINs and stops when it found the correct one. Maybe that helps.

And, in case that is not clear from the article: Never share screenshots of your QR code (or the code read from it) with anyone!