The story of an episode of fortune turned into a viral tragedy on social media.
Stefan Thomas, recently, he was among the names of ‘The New York Times’ due to an unusual situation: he has an enviable loot in digital currency, however, he has not been able to use a single ‘cybercentavo’ because he forgot his account password.
It all happened ten years ago, when this engineer, based in the city of San Francisco, started safeguarding his bitcoins in IronKey, a kind of hard drive from which these types of electronic resources are managed.
Thomas, at that time, wrote down IronKey’s password on a paper neither too big nor too small. This pamphlet did not last long in the hands, for it was sooner or later lost.
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After that, the engineer made the first attempts to ‘guess’ the password. However, they were unsuccessful. One no lesser detail is that you only have ten chances to find the key or else your account will be locked.
It takes 8 so far.He only has two chances left.
And how much money does Thomas have in bitcoins? It accumulates 7002 BTC, which would be equivalent to more than 600 billion Colombian pesos.
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‘How to make your own shoes’
During his interview with ‘The New York Times’, Thomas expressed his frustration with the complications caused by what, in principle, served as a security mechanism.
“This whole idea of being your own bank, let’s put it this way, ‘do you make your own shoes?’ The reason we have banks is that we don’t want to struggle with all these things that banks do“He said.
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The newspaper itself explains that, for a long time, there have been cases of digital currency owners frustrated by the impossibility of accessing their digital wallets. It is worth noting that they, as well as Thomas, they began their journey in the world of bitcoin without any greater hopes in this new economic modality.
Almost everyone has accounts opened ten years ago.
The average quote also explains that the digital currency has risen considerably in recent months, even in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic.
The engineer made the first attempts to ‘guess’ the password. However, they were unsuccessful. Of the ten attempts available, he has only two left
Some people, after the viralization of the story on social media, proposed probable -still risky- ‘solutions’ for Thomas and so many bitcoin owners to access their digital earnings.
Alex Stamos, a professor at Stanford University, propose on his Twitter account the hiring of several security professionals who could come across a ‘crack’ from which to enter the blocked IronKey.
Of course: Stamos noted that for more than $ 180 million in a bitcoin account, in a way it is possible to meet with great experts given the promising amount to recover.
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Other netizens pointed to the ‘negotiation’ with Kingston, the name of the company that owns IronKey since 2016, in order to provide them with a prudent monetary percentage in exchange for unlocking.
Will Thomas be able to remember his password? It is worth noting that at this time the third will not be the loser.
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