There is a way around the problem, but not easily done

Jan 12, 2021
8:57:37am

ColoSpgs All-American

The IT geeks on the Reply All podcast poked at this in a 2018 podcast. If I had $220M behind a bitcoin firewall, I'd start there.

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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

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