$250 Million Bitcoin Crisis: Two Wrong Password Attempts and Wealth to Zero!
Programmer Stefan Thomas is experiencing what may be the most heart-wrenching tragedy in the crypto world—his Bitcoin worth over $250 million hangs by a thread, and he has only two attempts left to save it!
This story dates back to 2011, when Thomas received 7,002 Bitcoins as payment for creating a tutorial video. At that time, Bitcoin was virtually worthless. For security, he stored the key to this wealth in an extremely secure hardware device, a cryptographic USB drive called IronKey. Unfortunately, he forgot the password! The problem is that this IronKey is designed very rigidly: it allows only 10 password attempts, and if you enter the wrong password 10 times, the contents are locked forever, and even a deity can't unlock it.
Now? Thomas has already used 8 attempts, all incorrect. This means he has only two password attempts left! If he enters the wrong password next time or the time after, that astronomical Bitcoin will be permanently sealed in the IronKey and never retrieved. Imagine, $250 million about to disappear due to two possible mistakes.
I heard that a cryptocurrency startup reached out to him, claiming they could find a way to crack the safe, but Thomas declined. He insists on handling the matter according to the agreement and contract he made with others, even if it means he may never touch this fortune again.
What’s even stranger is that, faced with such a huge risk of financial loss and personal pressure, Thomas appears exceptionally calm. He continues to invest and remains active in the cryptocurrency space, as if the IronKey containing $250 million, frozen in a digital tomb, doesn’t exist.
This is undoubtedly one of the most dramatic and expensive password crises in the history of technological development, and the suspense remains unresolved: Can Stefan Thomas guess the password in his last two attempts? Or will the priceless Bitcoin truly disappear forever? This high-stakes gamble is still ongoing.
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