I hate "lock out after X attempt" schemes

SimpleStacker

Welp... my own liquidity problems are insignificant, lol.

optimism

Programmer Stefan Thomas has just two password attempts left to unlock an IronKey USB drive holding the private keys to 7,002 Bitcoin he received in 2011 for making a “What is Bitcoin?” video. The device is designed to permanently lock and delete its contents after 10 wrong tries, and Thomas has already used eight, with the stash recently valued at about $777 million at around $111,000 per BTC.

I'm sure he must have tried hypnosis or meditation to remember the password. After this many years I'd probably have just used my last attempts to best guess then get on with my life.

security

bitcoin

> Programmer Stefan Thomas has just two password attempts left to unlock an IronKey USB drive holding the private keys to 7,002 Bitcoin he received in 2011 for making a “What is Bitcoin?” video. The device is designed to permanently lock and delete its contents after 10 wrong tries, and Thomas has already used eight, with the stash recently valued at about $777 million at around $111,000 per BTC.

I'm sure he must have tried hypnosis or meditation to remember the password. After this many years I'd probably have just used my last attempts to best guess then get on with my life.