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Event January 12, 2021 new-york-times

Stefan Thomas's 7,002 BTC IronKey lockout — two password attempts left, hundreds of millions frozen

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Stefan Thomas

Stefan Thomas was paid 7,002 BTC in 2011 for a Bitcoin explainer video, stored the keys on a 10-attempt IronKey, and lost the password. By the 2021 NYT report, 2 of 10 attempts remain.