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Jan 12, 2021
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USMCdad
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Separate from my current PayPal account? Meaning I can move my
Coinbase stuff to PayPal instead? Sorry I’m an idiot when it comes to understanding crypto
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A guy who owns $220 million in Bitcoin forgot his password and only has two guesses left before being locked out
Cougar-Duck
Murder Hornet
1/12/21 7:29am
Serves him right. But I'm trying to avoid talking of that particular scourge
fbguru
1/12/21 7:32am
By scourge you mean IT password rules, correct?
Bert609
1/12/21 7:41am
He forgot his password so he now deserves to lose his millions? Seems harsh.
Star-Lord
1/12/21 8:13am
I would never get that deep into something as evil as Bitcoin.
fbguru
1/12/21 8:22am
Show us on the doll where bitcoin hurt you.
JohnnyComeLately
1/12/21 11:16am
I guess we know who timed the hype cycle wrong a few times in a row.
Division Bell
1/12/21 11:13am
RE: A guy who owns $220 million in Bitcoin forgot his password and only has two
maxpowers
1/12/21 7:33am
RE: A guy who owns $220 million in Bitcoin forgot his password and only has two guesses left before being locked out
BYUALWAYSNUM1
1/12/21 7:35am
Really? This has happened to a ton of people. And many others have been hacked.
dYrtbYkerYder
1/12/21 7:37am
What was that scripture about treasure becoming slippery?
2FarGone
1/12/21 7:39am
Does Bitcoin not have a password reset feature?
bluecougar1985
1/12/21 7:46am
In this case he used a third party encrypted drive called IronKey to hold
Saxa
1/12/21 8:07am
Could someone else find your username and keep guessing to intentionally
bluecougar1985
1/12/21 8:54am
it's on a flashdrive. You would have to have the drive itself.
molodyets
1/12/21 9:08am
The benefits of being your own bank.
Defenestrator
1/12/21 8:03am
This is my brother - bought 4 bitcoin years ago. Got divorced and somewhere
Regal Ute
1/12/21 8:33am
There is a way around the problem, but not easily done
ColoSpgs
1/12/21 8:57am
This is super easy to fix. He needs to click on the 'forgot password' button and
DeekLyfter
1/12/21 10:41am
He should offer someone $1M if they can break the password
FallingRock
1/12/21 11:34am
how would they be able to "break it?" he only has 2 attempts left.
yahtzee
1/12/21 3:38pm
My guess: They buy a similar device and figure out how to hack into it
Cougar-Duck
1/12/21 5:13pm
surely a former employee of the encrypted drive company may know how to do it...
FallingRock
1/12/21 6:05pm
I hate this about Bitcoin, I couldn’t get into a Binance account
USMCdad
1/12/21 12:47pm
PayPal now facilities Bitcoin and some altcoin purchases. It’s super easy.
Cougar-Duck
1/12/21 1:25pm
Separate from my current PayPal account? Meaning I can move my
USMCdad
1/12/21 3:26pm
Yes it’s separate. PayPal shows your PayPal balance and a separate section showing your crypto balance. You can buy
Cougar-Duck
1/12/21 3:31pm
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