And finally… a bit worried

A programmer has just two chances left to access his £175 million bitcoin wallet.

And finally... a bit worried

Stefan Thomas, the San Francisco-based computer programme was given 7,002 bitcoins a decade ago as a reward for making a video explaining how the cryptocurrency works.

At the time he was paid, they were worth $2-$6 each. He put them away in his “digital wallet” and forgot about them.



Now each bitcoin is worth $34,000, and the contents of his wallet are valued at $240m. But, Mr Thomas has forgotten the password, The Guardian reports.

Mr Thomas has already entered the wrong password eight times, and if he guesses wrong two more times his hard drive, which contains his private keys to the bitcoin, will be encrypted – and he’ll never see the money.

Thomas said he has tried his eight most frequently used passwords to access his IronKey hard drive, but all turned out to be wrong. The device auto-encrypts all contents after the 10th inaccurate guess.

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