Poll of the Day > Man has 2 GUESSES left to access his 220 MILLION in BITCOIN or its GONE FOREVER

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Full Throttle 01/12/21 7:42:30 PM #1:	Would you have a meltdown if you lost out 220 million all because you forgot your password? Yes..that would be very hard to get over No. money isn't everything Would you have a meltdown if you lost out 220 million all because you forgot your password? - Results (32 votes) Yes..that would be very hard to get over 90.63% (29 votes) 29 No. money isn't everything 9.38% (3 votes) 3 Stefan Thomas, a German man living in San Francisco told the New York times he was gifted 7002 Bitcoins by an early cryptocurrency fanatic in 2011 after creating "What is Bitcoin?" And now 9 years later, the computer programmer is LOCKED ou tof his digital wallet containing 220 MILLION worth of Bitcoins with only 2 GUESSES left to figure out his password before the contents are encrypted and locked FOREVER!! But he lost his password known as a digital key to the online wallet and despite trying all his regular combinations, he has remained locked out of his prize that has soared in the past month He said "I would just lay in bed and think about it. Then i would go to the computer with some new strategy, and it wouldn't work, and i would be desperate again" While he has kept hold of bitcoin in other wallets that have made him rich, he still joins the many holders who lost the chance at adding to their wealth all because of lost passwords They are forced to watch others cash in while their own money is behind an ironkey, a system which gives users only 10 attempts before it encrypts. According to the NYT, 18.5 million Bitcoin, worth now 140 billion are currently being held in stranded wallets The value of bitcoin rose dramatically and has now 3 times the number of daily requests with 70 people a day placing requests for aid in recovering their riches One man, Brad Yasar said he spent hundreds of hours trying to remember his password and now placed the hard drives that contain the bitcoin in vacuum sealed bags and out of sight cause he doesn't want to be reminded every day what he lost Thomas is also keeping his mind off of it stating "I got to a point where i said ot myself, let it be in the past, just for your own mental health" Would you have a meltdown if you lost access to your 220 MILLION smackers all because you forgot your password? Thomas - Lost 220 Million https://i.imgur.com/u4H4fMv.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ACyfZKr.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ri3QpER.jpg --- The News Will Continue...For Now call me mrduckbear, sweater monkeys. I'm an Asian Liberal. RESIST The Alt-Right <cite>Full Throttle posted [p:949433916] in Man has 2 ... [t:79235399]...</cite> <quote> Would you have a meltdown if you lost out 220 million all because you forgot your password? Yes..that would be very hard to get over No. money isn't everything Vote View Results Would you have a meltdown if you lost out 220 million all because you forgot your password? - Results (32 votes) Yes..that would be very hard to get over 90.63% (29 votes) 29 No. money isn't everything 9.38% (3 votes) 3 Show Voting Form Stefan Thomas, a German man living in San Francisco told the New York times he was gifted 7002 Bitcoins by an early cryptocurrency fanatic in 2011 after creating "What is Bitcoin?" And now 9 years later, the computer programmer is LOCKED ou tof his digital wallet containing 220 MILLION worth of Bitcoins with only 2 GUESSES left to figure out his password before the contents are encrypted and locked FOREVER!! But he lost his password known as a digital key to the online wallet and despite trying all his regular combinations, he has remained locked out of his prize that has soared in the past month He said "I would just lay in bed and think about it. Then i would go to the computer with some new strategy, and it wouldn't work, and i would be desperate again" While he has kept hold of bitcoin in other wallets that have made him rich, he still joins the many holders who lost the chance at adding to their wealth all because of lost passwords They are forced to watch others cash in while their own money is behind an ironkey, a system which gives users only 10 attempts before it encrypts. According to the NYT, 18.5 million Bitcoin, worth now 140 billion are currently being held in stranded wallets The value of bitcoin rose dramatically and has now 3 times the number of daily requests with 70 people a day placing requests for aid in recovering their riches One man, Brad Yasar said he spent hundreds of hours trying to remember his password and now placed the hard drives that contain the bitcoin in vacuum sealed bags and out of sight cause he doesn't want to be reminded every day what he lost Thomas is also keeping his mind off of it stating "I got to a point where i said ot myself, let it be in the past, just for your own mental health" Would you have a meltdown if you lost access to your 220 MILLION smackers all because you forgot your password? Thomas - Lost 220 Million https://i.imgur.com/u4H4fMv.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ACyfZKr.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ri3QpER.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shadowbird_RH 01/12/21 8:00:30 PM #2:	Damn. Seriously, how does someone put something of that much worth behind a password they don't have deadlock memorized or written down in a secure location? --- Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X <cite>Shadowbird_RH posted [p:949434562] in Man has 2 ... [t:79235399]...</cite> <quote>Damn. Seriously, how does someone put something of that much worth behind a password they don't have deadlock memorized or written down in a secure location? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pionear 01/12/21 8:47:11 PM #3:	He's a young White guy living in San Fran he will be ok <cite>pionear posted [p:949436162] in Man has 2 ... [t:79235399]...</cite> <quote>He's a young White guy living in San Fran he will be ok </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cacciato 01/12/21 9:37:08 PM #4:	Shadowbird_RH posted... Damn. Seriously, how does someone put something of that much worth behind a password they don't have deadlock memorized or written down in a secure location? Probably because in 2011 when he got them they were only worth a bucks a piece and no one wanted to buy them. <cite>Cacciato posted [p:949437876] in Man has 2 ... [t:79235399]...</cite> <quote>Shadowbird_RH posted... </cite> <quote>Damn. Seriously, how does someone put something of that much worth behind a password they don't have deadlock memorized or written down in a secure location?</quote>Probably because in 2011 when he got them they were only worth a bucks a piece and no one wanted to buy them. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 01/12/21 9:38:37 PM #5:	More like ButtCoin, amirite --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:949437919] in Man has 2 ... [t:79235399]...</cite> <quote>More like ButtCoin, amirite </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Joe_Biden 01/12/21 10:12:41 PM #6:	Shadowbird_RH posted... Damn. Seriously, how does someone put something of that much worth behind a password they don't have deadlock memorized or written down in a secure location? because when he got them, they were worth pennies. i, myself, lost around 200 bitcoin because i just don't know what password i used on it. --- "If we were in high school, I'd take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him." <cite>Joe_Biden posted [p:949438954] in Man has 2 ... [t:79235399]...</cite> <quote>Shadowbird_RH posted... </cite> <quote>Damn. Seriously, how does someone put something of that much worth behind a password they don't have deadlock memorized or written down in a secure location?</quote>because when he got them, they were worth pennies. i, myself, lost around 200 bitcoin because i just don't know what password i used on it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
waterdeepchu 01/12/21 10:20:56 PM #7:	I wouldn't have a melt down, but I would be very upset. --- Friend Code: 2707-2146-0610 Ditto, Kecleon, Lillipup <cite>waterdeepchu posted [p:949439183] in Man has 2 ... [t:79235399]...</cite> <quote>I wouldn't have a melt down, but I would be very upset. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 01/12/21 10:55:19 PM #8:	Sucks to him. pionear posted... He's a young White guy living in San Fran he will be ok Wow, racist much? --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:949440179] in Man has 2 ... [t:79235399]...</cite> <quote>Sucks to him. pionear posted... </cite> <quote>He's a young White guy living in San Fran he will be ok</quote> Wow, racist much? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thekingoftown 01/13/21 8:42:08 AM #9:	Schrodinger's Bitcoin --- I'm so glad The Cheat is not dead <cite>thekingoftown posted [p:949449332] in Man has 2 ... [t:79235399]...</cite> <quote>Schrodinger's Bitcoin </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Poll of the Day > Man has 2 GUESSES left to access his 220 MILLION in BITCOIN or its GONE FOREVER (+) Yeah! (+)

Poll of the Day > Man has 2 GUESSES left to access his 220 MILLION in BITCOIN or its GONE FOREVER