Lost Passwords Lock Millionaires Out of Their Bitcoin Fortunes

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By msmashJan 12, 2021, 9:15 am1.3k ptsInterestingTop
Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, has two guesses left to figure out a password that is worth, as of this week, about $220 million. From a report: The password will let him unlock a small hard drive, known as an IronKey, which contains the private keys to a digital wallet that…

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