๐จ $250M in Bitcoin Locked Forever? ๐ฐ๐
Programmer Stefan Thomas is living one of the most intense crypto dramas ever โ he's just 2 password attempts away from losing access to a Bitcoin wallet worth over $250 MILLION! ๐ฑ๐ธ
Back in 2011, Thomas received 7,002 BTC as payment for an explainer video. He stored the private keys on an ultra-secure IronKey device... but then forgot the password. ๐ฌ๐ With IronKey allowing only 10 total guesses, and Stefan already having used 8 wrong tries, the stakes couldnโt be higher. One more wrong move could lock the fortune FOREVER. โณ๐
๐กA crypto startup even offered him a safe-cracking solution, but he declined โ staying loyal to previous recovery deals and contracts. ๐ค๐
The most astonishing part? Despite all this pressure, heโs still calm, investing, and actively involved in crypto โ while his $250M remains frozen like treasure in a digital tomb. โ๏ธ๐ช
๐ญ One of the wildest password puzzles in tech historyโฆ and itโs not over yet.