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Counterpoint.
— Nathaniel Popper (@nathanielpopper) January 12, 2021
This guy from Barbardos is more than willing to take the risk of being his own bank -- with all the potential losses -- because it is really hard to get a bank account, or any other digital financial account where he comes from. pic.twitter.com/ML6DxazZzk
The future of money is losing $220 million because you can't remember what password you used 10 years ago https://t.co/miZM2KwWyE pic.twitter.com/c8haLkO2eL
— Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) January 12, 2021
the agony of of knowing your memory could produce -- or lose -- a $220 million fortune literally in a second would be excruciating... https://t.co/oPmHktChfi
— Andrew Ross Sorkin (@andrewrsorkin) January 12, 2021
One takeaway from this story.
— Nathaniel Popper (@nathanielpopper) January 12, 2021
Bitcoin wanted to make it possible for you to be your own bank.
This promise, though, didn't contend with how bad people would be at securing the keys to the bank. https://t.co/tLcfMUptek pic.twitter.com/xwstlUBRks
the average person should custody their crypto with a secure service like coinbase
— Mike Dudas (@mdudas) January 12, 2021
<ducks>https://t.co/vhGC1TlG3q
Talk about lost password anxiety: "Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, has two guesses left to figure out a password that is worth, as of this week, about $220 million.”
— Cliff Levy (@cliffordlevy) January 12, 2021
This story by @nathanielpopper is kind of bonkers.https://t.co/LbCd8jXtpK
you know what’s hard to lose? fiat currency. in a bank. as god intended https://t.co/zWNS7dDqUK
— Christopher Hooks (@cd_hooks) January 12, 2021
The most expensive forgotten password in history. #bitcoin pic.twitter.com/BEZPyeQOCF
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) January 12, 2021
PEOPLE — PASSWORD MANAGERS AREN’T THAT HARD TO USE https://t.co/WmOmaOAtZZ
— Ian Sherr (@iansherr) January 12, 2021
yo this is incredible https://t.co/dXbOVx7g4B pic.twitter.com/sOFR166jYB
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) January 12, 2021
My price target for Bitcoin has been $0 for years and obviously I've been proved wrong over and over, but I'm still right about the larger truth, which is that Bitcoin is stupid. https://t.co/aij6RAk2YV
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) January 12, 2021
Programmer has two guesses left to access £175m #bitcoin wallet https://t.co/RpWfeehwUk
— Dennis Parker (@Xentagz) January 12, 2021
omg... I’m not going to be able to sleep tonight: 2 more guesses of his password for his £175m BTC wallet ? https://t.co/EkKk1JCIyq via @zsk @katebevan
— Eileen Burbidge (@eileentso) January 12, 2021
Accidental Bakunin from the soon-to-be cypto pauper.https://t.co/cFcE2SUZgz pic.twitter.com/To5y8PF3qh
— libcom.org (@libcomorg) January 12, 2021
Programmer has two guesses left to access £175m #Bitcoin wallet..
— Briefly Crypto (@BrieflyCrypto) January 12, 2021
Sentiment: Positive
Stefan Thomas has just two chances left to get his hands on his $240m fortune. Now each bitcoin is worth $34,000,...
Brief: https://t.co/zju72kCCSrhttps://t.co/L6MM0uAzjB
What is money? Is it democratically controlled? Or a confidence trick? Think about it and read and weep or smile https://t.co/6ds8I8O1En
— World Basic Income (@WorldBasicIncom) January 12, 2021
yo this is incredible https://t.co/dXbOVx7g4B pic.twitter.com/sOFR166jYB
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) January 12, 2021
The future of money is losing $220 million because you can't remember what password you used 10 years ago https://t.co/miZM2KwWyE pic.twitter.com/c8haLkO2eL
— Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) January 12, 2021
Customers are forever crying over forgotten Apple ID passwords meanwhile… https://t.co/S0QFjfiUBP pic.twitter.com/Sl85gmZQRQ
— Creative Rants (@Creative_Rants) January 12, 2021
This is the single most stressful thing I've ever readhttps://t.co/2uL84ctrXj pic.twitter.com/Zq7yXAlzqF
— Kendall Baker (@TheKendallBaker) January 12, 2021
NEW: Two guesses left to figure out a lost password that is now worth $230 million.
— Nathaniel Popper (@nathanielpopper) January 12, 2021
I wrote a story about the people who have Bitcoin fortunes locked behind lost passwords. https://t.co/tLcfMUptek
Story herehttps://t.co/vDuUSmQ1tB
— Morning Brew ☕️ (@MorningBrew) January 12, 2021
My husband wants to keep talking about this story, I think because it makes him feel better that we never bought Bitcoin, since I would almost def. have lost password and our marriage would founder on regret, blame and resentment: https://t.co/kureXsgR6m
— Susan Dominus (@susandominus) January 12, 2021
The case for 123456:https://t.co/5kMqmDWQhH
— Alan Burdick (@alanburdick) January 12, 2021
getting a tattoo if I ever get any bitcoin https://t.co/kWLdqwuBK7
— Lauren Collins (@laurenzcollins) January 12, 2021
Man who was "drawn to Bitcoin partly because it was outside of the control of a country or company" forgets his Bitcoin wallet password, loses access to $220 million, and now concedes maybe banks serve a useful purpose after all.https://t.co/5D9TB9yiWi
— Lisa Kramer (@LisaKramer) January 12, 2021
i know there's a lot going on but this is bOnKERs:https://t.co/IW2cGafyOt
— CeciliaKang (@ceciliakang) January 12, 2021
The pictures in this story about Silicon Valley people who have forgotten their passwords to multi-million dollar bitcoin accounts and have no recourse are pretty good.https://t.co/CWtbn6n4EO pic.twitter.com/qeiJu59lpg
— Zeeshan Aleem (@ZeeshanAleem) January 12, 2021
I remember when I used to forget my password & get locked out of the season of Tecmo Bowl I had been dominating. https://t.co/8TEltn2Lot
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) January 12, 2021
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