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I mined 50BTC back in college. My harddrive died and I discarded it, thinking nothing of the ~$0.03 I was throwing away.
by dibujante 9y ago
I mined 50BTC back in college. My harddrive died and I discarded it, thinking nothing of the ~$0.03 I was throwing away.
- doubleunplussed 9y agoI wonder if in the future "bitcoin miners" might be a more literal name, for those digging through landfill looking for hard drives like the one you threw away.
- mikeash 9y agoIt's already been done at least once: https://www.cnet.com/news/uk-man-tries-to-retrieve-7-5-million-in-bitcoins-from-dump/ https://www.cnet.com/news/uk-man-tries-to-retrieve-7-5-milli...