So it's the year 2013, and James decides to clean for Pesach (Passover), or something along those lines. His wife says, “You better—what do you need the old computer for? I have all your information on a new computer.” So he listened, and he threw out his old computer with his virtual wallet. He has no idea where it is, and he had a couple of bitcoins there that were now worth a mere $300 million. For that money, he got them to check the landfill, only to find out that his computer had long been turned into charoset (fruit-and-nut mixture). But if you think that's frustrating, it's not half as frustrating as Stefan's problem. For five years, Stefan was paid in bitcoin: 7,002 bitcoins. He put them into his digital wallet, and he lost his password. Ah, but always someone to be extra careful. He bought this IronKey for like $120. You have ten attempts to try to find your password. At strike ten, it erases everything. He's zero for eight. He's scared. He can't try again because he would lose just $265 million.
It says, “A baby is born, and all that we need for our lives is within us. Internally is within us. Our future is within us. Our olam haba (the world to come) is within us.” But that doesn't mean we can access it. How do we access it? Through our nisyonot (tests), through our tests. By closing your eyes and not looking. By saying, “I'm trying.” Rabbi Hashem says, “That's your password.” But fear not if you feel it's locked, because as long as you're alive, Hashem never says, “One more attempt and I'm going to erase it.” As long as you're alive, you have another chance.