"I Forgot My Pin": An Epic Tale of Losing $30,000 in Bitcoin

Maker Faire Bay Area 2019

May 17th-19th

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In 2016, I spent $3,000 to buy 7.4 bitcoins. At the time, it seemed an entirely worthwhile thing to do. I had no way of knowing that this transaction would lead to a white-knuckle scramble to avoid losing a small fortune.

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Mark Frauenfelder

Mark Frauenfelder is a research director at Institute for the Future, and is the founder of the technology and culture website Boing Boing. He was the founding editor-in-chief of Make magazine and Wired.com. He designed Billy Idol's CD covers and has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Popular Science, Business Week, The Hollywood Reporter, Wired, and other national publications

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