Has Stefan Thomas Found His Password?
Specifically, Thomas Was Paid 7,002 Bitcoins. at the Time, a Single Bitcoin Was Worth a Few Dollars. Thomas Put All His Bitcoins in a Digital Wallet. and Then...
Specifically, Thomas was paid 7,002 bitcoins. At the time, a single bitcoin was worth a few dollars. Thomas put all his bitcoins in a digital wallet. And then he lost the password.
Did Stefan Thomas unlock his Bitcoin account?
Stefan Thomas, a man who forgot the password needed to unlock his $220 million Bitcoin, said that he has 'made peace' with the unfortunate situation. ... Thomas had stored all his Bitcoin keys in an encryption device called IronKey to keep them safe. IronKey allows only 10 attempts to unlock it through the right password.
When did Stefan Thomas lost his password?
"There were sort of a couple weeks where I was just desperate, I don't have any other word to describe it," Thomas said, recalling how he felt when he first learned he couldn't find his password in 2012. "You sort of question your own self-worth. What kind of person loses something that important?"
James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.
