$140 billion in Bitcoin Is 'Lost' Due to Forgotten Passwords

[HAL1000]

But hackers are helping owners regain access to their digital funds.

https://interestingengineering.com/140-billion-in-bitcoin-is-lost-due-to-forgotten-passwords

[brianwalden]

Where is this that people are locked out of their Bitcoin wallets by passwords? Are they hacking the password to access an encrypted file containing the secret key?

[WarChest]

This story from 2013 still pops up on slow news days. 
 

Bitcoin: Newport man's plea to find £210m hard drive in tip

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55658942

[brianwalden]

3 minutes ago, WarChest said:

This story from 2013 still pops up on slow news days. 
 

Bitcoin: Newport man's plea to find £210m hard drive in tip

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55658942

That article said he first contacted the city several months after he realized he threw the hard drive away. That would have been late 2013 or 2014. He could have just bought more and been rich.

[WarChest]

8 minutes ago, brianwalden said:

That article said he first contacted the city several months after he realized he threw the hard drive away. That would have been late 2013 or 2014. He could have just bought more and been rich.

No idea of his circumstances, maybe he did? Probably still wants to find that Drive anyway.