Tag: cryptocurrency

  • How a Forgotten Password Put a $600 Million Bitcoin Fortune on the Brink

    How a Forgotten Password Put a $600 Million Bitcoin Fortune on the Brink

    For most people, forgetting a password is a brief annoyance that can usually be solved with a reset email or customer support request. In a world where digital access is often recoverable, passwords feel temporary and replaceable. But for one man deeply tied to the origins of cryptocurrency, forgetting a password has become a decade-long…

  • Seen From Space, Bitcoin Mining Is Leaving a Heat Signature on Earth

    Seen From Space, Bitcoin Mining Is Leaving a Heat Signature on Earth

    We often talk about the digital world as if it floats above reality, detached from land, air, and consequence, yet every online system still depends on physical energy drawn from the Earth. Most of the time, that connection remains hidden behind screens and interfaces, until something forces it into view. That moment came when satellite…