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Magician's RFID Chip Fails, Locks Him Out of Bitcoin

11/24/2025

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Story summary

Zi Teng Wang, a magician, implanted RFID chip in his hand and lost access after forgetting the password.
He tried using someone else's phone to read the chip, but it proved less magical than expected.
He planned to link the chip to a Bitcoin address but programmed it to display a meme.
When the link went down, he could not reprogram without the password, and he labeled his situation cyberpunk.

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Story summary

Zi Teng Wang, a magician, implanted RFID chip in his hand and lost access after forgetting the password.
He tried using someone else's phone to read the chip, but it proved less magical than expected.
He planned to link the chip to a Bitcoin address but programmed it to display a meme.
When the link went down, he could not reprogram without the password, and he labeled his situation cyberpunk.