💥 He lost 7,002 BTC… and still can’t access them 😱
Back in 2011, Stefan Thomas, a Swiss programmer living in San Francisco, made a YouTube video explaining how Bitcoin works. As payment, he received 7,002 $BTC — worth just a few bucks back then.
Today? That stash is worth over $450 million 💰.
But here’s the twist: Stefan saved his private keys on an IronKey hard drive — a super-secure USB device that gives you only 10 tries to enter your password before it self-destructs. 🔐💣
He used up 8 tries… and then froze.
Now the world watches as this guy sits on a fortune… and can’t touch a dime of it 😓.
He told The New York Times, “I’d just lie in bed and think about it. Then I’d go to the computer, try a new strategy, and it wouldn’t work, and I’d be desperate again.”
Talk about digital heartbreak 💔.
🚨 This is why backups, wallets, and custody matter. And why we never joke around with seed phrases. Ever. 🧠
There are millions of coins just like his — trapped forever.
As always… do whatever you want with this information.
