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Ex-Ripple CTO Can’t Remember Password to Access $240M in Bitcoin – CoinDesk – CoinDesk
Just call it Schrödinger’s bitcoin.
The former chief technology officer of a prominent blockchain company has forgotten the password to a fortune in bitcoin.
- Almost a decade ago, Stefan Thomas, the former CTO at blockchain company Ripple Labs, was given 7,002 bitcoins worth $2-$6 each for making a cryptocurrency explainer video, reports the New York Times.
- The bitcoin had been stashed away in a digital wallet and Thomas has used eight of his most frequently used passwords in an attempt access his IronKey hard drive and his now multimillion-dollar…
