A 220 Million Fortune Out Of Grasp Man Locked Out Of His Bitcoin Wallet

Last updated: June 9, 2025, 21:48

A 220 Million Fortune Out Of Grasp Man Locked Out Of His Bitcoin Wallet

Stefan Thomas bought the digital

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Former Ripple Exec Loses Keys to $220 Million in Bitcoin

Stefan Thomas bought the digital currency when it was just $2 per bitcoin and then lost his password. Today, they're worth $35,000 each, leaving Thomas a huge

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German-born Stefan Thomas, a former Ripple Labs executive, has almost certainly lost over 7,002 bitcoin (BTC), worth well over $220 million. The programmer, who

A $220 Million Fortune Out of Grasp – Man Locked Out of His

Man loses $220 million by forgetting his Bitcoin wallet password

Stefan Thomas

That's exactly what happened to Stefan Thomas, a computer programmer from San Francisco. The password he can't remember will let him unlock a small hard drive, known as an IronKey

Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, has two guesses left to figure out a password that is worth, as of this week, about $220 million.

Stefan Thomas went viral this week after a New York Times profile revealed to the world his unsettling dilemma: The password to unlock his Bitcoin fortune is locked in a

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Lost password separates San Francisco programmer from $220

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Man With $220 Million in Bitcoin Has 2 Password - eBaum's World

A 33-year-old software developer has $220 million locked away in 'Iron Key,' but he's unfortunately forgotten his password.

IronKeyis a highly secure USB drive that uses AES-encryption technology. The in-built encryption allows users only ten attempts at typing in a correct password. The drive becomes forever encrypted after the ten wrong attempts, and the content therein is wiped. This is Stephen Thomas’s current situation. “I Ver más

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SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco programmer has two guesses left to figure out a password to his digital wallet that contains $220 million worth of Bitcoin, part of an