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He Still Has Two Password Guesses Left Before $840 Million Deletes Itself Forever

Josh1 min read

Passwords and a keyboardProgrammer Stefan Thomas has just two password attempts left to unlock an IronKey USB drive holding the private keys to 7,002 Bitcoin he received in 2011 for making a “What is Bitcoin?” video. The device is designed to permanently lock and delete its contents after 10 wrong tries, and Thomas has already used eight, with […]

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