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Question I've been wondering. What happens to lost bitcoins? Say your hard drive dies and you didn't have a backup. Are those coins out of circulation foreve

Question I've been wondering. What happens to lost bitcoins? Say your hard drive dies and you didn't have a backup. Are those coins out of circulation forever? Will this gradually decrease the supply of bitcoins?

nacker 14y ago
Yes. Gone forever. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=109117.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=109117.0
- wglb 14y ago
  Or, in technical terms, Clementine.