Yes this is generally the idea. Didn't know about OpenCV though. Was a font-matching and trial and error by hand in MS Notepad + some scripts to help brute force the thing kind of solution... Turns out there are…
I'll give you a hint. Download the image. Because it is PNG that means it is lossless... Zoom in very closely on the top row of pixels above the redacted area and you may discover you have all that you need...
I recovered the redacted text in this image: https://btcblockchain.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/e2.png
Yes this is generally the idea. Didn't know about OpenCV though. Was a font-matching and trial and error by hand in MS Notepad + some scripts to help brute force the thing kind of solution... Turns out there are…
I'll give you a hint. Download the image. Because it is PNG that means it is lossless... Zoom in very closely on the top row of pixels above the redacted area and you may discover you have all that you need...
I recovered the redacted text in this image: https://btcblockchain.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/e2.png