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I just found out about Stefan Thomas's story, and honestly I can't stop thinking about it. This guy has 7,002 bitcoins locked in an IronKey USB drive, protected with a password. Sounds good so far, right? The problem is that Stefan lost the password and only has 10 attempts before everything is permanently locked.
He’s already made 8 failed attempts. 8. He only has 2 chances left to access what would today be worth a fortune with BTC at $76.79K. Imagine the mental pressure. Stefan Thomas is literally two clicks away from losing millions.
It's one of those cases that makes you rethink everything about security and access to crypto. What if Stefan had written down the password somewhere else? What if he had used a password manager? Right now, with only 2 attempts remaining, most people would be trembling. Do you think he’ll make it? Because if he fails, that fortune will be trapped forever.