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He Still Has Two Password Guesses Left Before $840 Million Deletes Itself Forever
Bitcoin.com News·July 17, 2026·1 min read
Programmer Stefan Thomas has two password attempts left to unlock an IronKey USB drive holding private keys to 7,002 Bitcoin received in 2011. After eight wrong tries, the device will permanently lock and delete its contents on the tenth failure, risking $840 million.
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