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Nzoner's Game Room>Man forgets Bitcoin wallet password worth 220 million. Only two guesses left
Deberg_1990 09:04 AM 01-15-2021
https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buz...es-left/707651

Well this would certainly suck.



Stefan Thomas has forgotten his Bitcoin password that will unlock a fortune worth $220 million (Rs 1,800 crore). He has just two attempts left to guess the password.

San Francisco: Ever forgotten your password and after eight desperate attempts left with just two? Stefan Thomas, a German programmer based in San Francisco, cannot remember the password to unlock his Bitcoin fortune worth $220 million (Rs 1,800 crore).

Thomas was given 7,002 bitcoins as payment for making a video explaining how cryptocurrency works over a decade ago. At that time, bitcoins were worth a few dollars. However, their value has surged in the recent months and one Bitcoin is currently worth $34,000.

Thomas had stored the bitcoins in an IronKey digital wallet on a hard drive and written the password on a piece of paper he lost. After 10 failed attempts, the password will encrypt itself and the wallet will be impossible to access. Thomas has just two attempts left.

It has been nine years since he first realised that he was locked out of his account. "There were sort of a couple weeks where I was just desperate, I don't have any other word to describe it. You sort of question your own self-worth. What kind of person loses something that important?" he told ABC7 News.

However, he said, "time heals all wounds," adding that he has "made peace" with his loss.

"It was actually a really big milestone in my life where, like, I sort of realized how I was going to define my self-worth going forward. It wasn't going to be about how much money I have in my bank account," he said.

Thomas would not be the first potential Bitcoin millionaire to be locked out of his account. According to cryptocurrency-data company Chainanalysis, about $140 billion worth of Bitcoin is lost or left in wallets that cannot be accessed.
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TLO 01:08 PM 01-15-2021
Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi:
:-) you guys have no idea how Bitcoin wallets work
That's true for me at least
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scho63 01:29 PM 01-15-2021
His password is: IGuessImReallyFuckedNow
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Bugeater 01:31 PM 01-15-2021
I gotta think if you type in "Mahomes" the hard drive will realize it's defeated and immediately open up.
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KC_Lee 01:40 PM 01-15-2021
Has he tried password1?
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Pasta Little Brioni 01:46 PM 01-15-2021
I would rather be that dude than read another de berg thread
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Dartgod 01:58 PM 01-15-2021
Originally Posted by KC_Lee:
Has he tried password1?
P@ssw0rd!
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Graystoke 02:13 PM 01-15-2021
I know a guy that has his Bitcoin password implanted in a chip in his hand
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BWillie 02:41 PM 01-15-2021
Originally Posted by Graystoke:
I know a guy that has his Bitcoin password implanted in a chip in his hand

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Bowser 02:49 PM 01-15-2021
Originally Posted by BWillie:
:-)
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Flying High D 02:56 PM 01-15-2021
Originally Posted by BWillie:
When he lost hand was he able to recover the chip with the password?
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Graystoke 03:30 PM 01-15-2021
Originally Posted by BWillie:
:-)
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digger 04:04 PM 01-15-2021

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digger 04:05 PM 01-15-2021

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loochy 09:56 PM 01-15-2021
The guy is permanently hearing this music in his head:

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KChiefs1 10:04 AM 01-16-2021
I don’t understand this stuff. My money is in mattress’s & couches all over the house.
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