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At the height of bitcoin I wonder if the value of e-waste magnetic storage should have technically been higher due to the possibility of salvaging a lost wallet
by sushiburps 4y ago
At the height of bitcoin I wonder if the value of e-waste magnetic storage should have technically been higher due to the possibility of salvaging a lost wallet. Like ore mining, but for data.
- harvey9 4y agoLike this "Newport man's plea to find £210m hard drive in tip" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-55658942 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-55658942
- notjulianjaynes 4y agoI have not exploited this but can say with certainty that it would be an effective means of getting things like online banking credentials. But I imagine a venn diagram of people who have a local wallet and those who wipe or destroy their drive before recycling an old computer is extremely close to a circle.