Flash drive recovered after years — Bitcoin wallet with $4M unlocked
The user lost the drive during a move, found it much later in a damaged state, and brought it to specialists.
They extracted the chip, rebuilt the data, and tested thousands of passwords using GPUs.
The final balance: about $4M in BTC.
That's a wild story – years of patience paying off in one recovery. Reminds me why I focus on long-term holding: secure your assets properly from day one, let time compound the rest. No shortcuts needed