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The Man Who Forgot His Password — And Locked Away $200 Million 🔑🔒🔑🔒
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Tonight's story isn’t fiction.
It’s not a rumor, or an old myth.
It’s something still unfolding —
inside one man’s memory… and one very locked USB drive.
What happens when you forget something
you absolutely shouldn’t forget —
and inside that memory,
lies a fortune?
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🧠 The Early Days of Bitcoin — Before the World Paid Attention
In 2011, Swiss-born programmer Stefan Thomas created a short animated video titled:
“What is Bitcoin?”
In return, he received 7,002 BTC as payment —
at the time, each Bitcoin was worth only a few dollars.
It was just a novelty. Something to try and move on.
So he stored the private key in a high-security USB drive called IronKey,
and… forgot the password.
He didn’t write it down. Didn’t back it up.
He trusted memory.
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🔐 IronKey: A Device That Doesn’t Forgive
IronKey is military-grade encryption —
used by intelligence agencies.
It allows only 10 password attempts.
After that?
All data self-destructs. Permanently.
Stefan has already tried eight times.
That means only two chances remain.
And what’s at stake?
Those 7,002 Bitcoins are now worth around $200 million USD —
and they are still there. On the drive.
Untouched. Unusable.
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> “Every time I look at that USB,
my heart skips a beat.
I don’t try anymore.
I just live with it.”
— Stefan Thomas
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🧩 The Question Isn’t About Money
Dozens of hackers, cryptographers, and security firms have offered to help.
None have succeeded.
IronKey, to this day, remains nearly uncrackable.
Stefan still has the wallet address.
He knows the money exists.
But he simply can’t access it.
And so, he moved on —
living a new life
with the weight of $200 million
in a box he’ll never open.
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🤫 What This Story Quietly Asks Us
This isn’t just about Bitcoin.
It’s about what we trust ourselves to remember.
And what happens when we forget.
That one password you never wrote down
A lost document
An idea you didn’t capture
A decision you kept "in your head"
All of it might seem small…
until, one day,
it isn’t.
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🕯️ A Quiet Thought from Keeper Alaris
Digital wealth, forgotten love, missed timing —
some of the most expensive things in life
are lost not by theft,
but by forgetting.
If there’s something inside your mind right now —
a password, a plan, a dream —
and it only exists in your memory?
Please.
Write it down. Save it. Backup your fortune.
Before it disappears into silence.
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This story was brought to you by Keeper Alaris.
Sometimes, the luck we seek is already in our hands —
but we forget to hold on. 🕯️