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I wonder how much of BTC's $71bn market cap is eternally lost coins.

• Andrenid 9y ago
  Count my 10 as lost! To be fair they were worth a few bucks at most when I lost them. I personally saw someone accidentally wipe 150 or so when they were around $10.
  • jomkr 9y ago
    It was fairly big news in the UK when somebody announced he had thrown away a hard-drive containing 10,000 coins. He considered searching through the dump but didn't bother in the end.
    • _fizz_buzz_ 9y ago
      That's about $40,000,000.- I would do more repulsive things than diving into a dumpster for that kind of money.
      • roel_v 9y ago
        It wasn't just a trash can, it was an actual garbage dump site he'd have to search through. Chances of finding something there are slim I'd say. IIRC there was a photo with the article of the guy standing at a dump site - not sure if he didn't actually go look for it a bit and gave up when the reality of the situation hit him.
• lin_lin 9y ago
  I lost two a long time ago. Broken harddrive and as they were only worth less than E20 at the time, I put off retrieving them. Moved house and lost the drive :(
• elmar 9y ago
  It just adds more appeal to the deflationary flavour of Bitcoin.