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San Francisco based programmer Stefan Thomas has over $220 million in Bitcoin locked on an IronKey USB drive. He was paid 7,002 BTC in 2011 for making an educational video, back when it was worth just a few thousand dollars. He lost the password in 2012 and has used...

95,084 görüntüleme • 10 ay önce •via X (Twitter)

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Rodney10 ay önce

That story still hits. Real reminder that self custody cuts both ways, absolute freedom but zero room for mistakes.

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DaMeta110 ay önce

Bitcoin doesn’t forgive human error, and that’s exactly what makes it trustless by design.

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Disco Helmet Hero10 ay önce

Yeah stories like this do not help adoption of Bitcoin.

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Kuki_Crypto_Enthusiast δ⚛️10 ay önce

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He can but back that 7002 bitcoin right now for $133k

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Crypto4u10 ay önce

he needs to wait until quantum computing catches up ...

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BwSeR10 ay önce

Cool story! That’s all it is. A hopium story of rags to riches.

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TEJESWAR RAO10 ay önce

Great 👍

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Hitesh Maru 🇮🇳10 ay önce

😂🥒

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Mr Walsh 🌴10 ay önce

There will never be 21 million bitcoin

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Vikash Kumar yadav10 ay önce

🥶🥶🥶

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Ashwin Chawlaa10 ay önce

We can help with Bitcoin based life insurance which creates safety for the bitcoin and can be easily retrieved anytime on the exchange for $$. Coverage is lifelong. Premium & claim are all linked to bitcoin only.

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Sorab.xbt10 ay önce

chup kr bhosdu

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smartchat10 ay önce

Rahul: Awaz educated ko illiterate bana diya. Modi: Illiterate ko educated banadiye 🤣

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DeltA10 ay önce

Stefan Thomas is sitting on $220M in $btc, but with only 2 password attempts left

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Sanath Jemome10 ay önce

7002 Bitcoins is life changing money

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bhupendra chaubey10 ay önce

What a story. It’s crazy 😄😄😄

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Amn0202610 ay önce

I bought 40$ worth of bitcoin back in 2011, and have lost the password for the wallet, so that is a loss of about 5 million in today value, but in actuality I lost 40 $.

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sarcastically insane10 ay önce

He must be in coma till now.

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Bhushann10 ay önce

Bhaisab Bitcoins didn't have a password.

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Bagheera10 ay önce

yeh bakchodi roz subah alag alag logon ka pic ke saath dekhne ko mil raha hai.

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Mobarak Hussain10 ay önce

These are all cooked up stories. I have heard 3 stories like this in last 7-8 years !

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Gopal Sharma10 ay önce

Brute force is an option only on paper. If a wallet file exists and the password is weak or partially known, recovery may be possible. For strong passwords protecting 7,002 BTC, brute force is computationally infeasible. Bitcoin security breaks at humans, not math.

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