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.

  • darkcalling [comrade/them, she/her]
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    4 years ago

    If you do, immediately copy everything you want off it. Lots of hard drives that fail after sitting disused for a while do so after the second start up so try and approach it as if you have only one chance. Have a second drive with enough space ready and copy the stuff you want right away. Feel free to work on it after but just as a precaution I'd suggest that given the value involved.