Stefan Thomas lost the paper where he wrote down the password for his IronKey, which contains the private keys to a digital wallet that holds 7,002 bitcoins.

lmao I hope he gets desperate the next time bitcoin spikes & pays some cryptology firm to 'crack' it and they wipe it by accident.

  • snackage [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    That's one way to look at it I guess.ninsinr know if it's very helpful in this particular instance but it's correct

    • Liberalism [he/him,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      I just mean it's one of many perverse incentives created by capitalism, wasn't trying to excuse it in any way.

      • volkvulture [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        BitCoin is perverse in many ways

        knowing that Silicon Valley & "early morning grinders" have all gone fully in on obsessing over it should raise more suspicions than it quells