When Passwords Meet Actual Hammers

A cryptocurrency owner learned the hard way that blockchain cryptography offers zero defence against thieves wielding actual hammers in one's home. The victim surrendered hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency under horrific physical coercion, completely bypassing any clever security controls he thought he had. Protecting ourselves against such brutal physical extortion clearly cannot be resolved with another pointless patch or password change. It is almost as if storing life savings in digital tokens invites real-world physical chaos.