A computer programmer who lost his Bitcoin password has just two guesses left before he is locked out of his account forever. Mr Thomas' Bitcoin were this week worth around a reported £25,637.95 each. The IronKey only gives users ten tries at a password to access their digital wallet before it locks an account forever. “I would just lay in bed and think about it,” Mr. Thomas told the NYT. However he lost his passwords years ago, and has subsequently hidden the computer hard drives in vaccumm-sealed bag.

Source: Standard Digital January 25, 2021 07:06 UTC