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An electrical engineer named Joe Grand managed to recover $2 million dollars worth of bitcoin from a Trezor One crypto wallet after its owner had lost the PIN for the device. Dan Reich had originally stored $50,000 on it in 2018. The type of bitcoin used is called Theta, and in 2021, its value reached an all-time high of $15 per token. That was when his investment value had more than quadrupled, and he sought to withdraw it before the price dropped again and corrected itself. However, he had forgotten the PIN, and after 12 guesses, he was approaching the 16-try limit before the wallet automatically erased itself.
Lucky for him, he was able to work with someone who has quite a bit of experience in hardware hacking. Mr. Grand has an extensive resume in such matters that also includes testifying...
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