How a Forgotten Password Could Cost an Early Bitcoin Investor Close to $250 Million
André François McKenzie/Bitcoin We’re all guilty of forgetting a password or to. But for one man, that simple error may be the costliest of its kind on record. Stefan Thomas, a programmer based in San Francisco, was among the first to receive Bitcoin and now has an account bursting with over $200 million worth of the popular cryptocurrency, which is rapidly increasing in value.
