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I'm pretty sure I have a wallet that I dumped a couple of bucks into when bitcoin was first starting out. Problem is, I have no clue where it might be, or even
by jscheel 13y ago
I'm pretty sure I have a wallet that I dumped a couple of bucks into when bitcoin was first starting out. Problem is, I have no clue where it might be, or even what computer it might be on. Laaaame.
- bru 13y agoI did the same at the time. I know in which computer mine is. But I know I trashed that computer not long after...
- Ascendency 13y agoThere should be a bitcoin recovery service, those coins could be worth serious amounts of money, now.
- Andrenid 13y agoYeah I have 3 bitcoins that were given to me at the very start by a friend who was into it. I shrugged it off as something that'd never take off. Now I've been digging around through my box of old HDDs and USB sticks!
- buro9 13y agoSame here. The result of early mining, but now effectively lost as they're on none of the USB sticks I have and I suspect one of these Linux installers was the culprit.
- sliverstorm 13y agoIt will be interesting to see how these "lost" bitcoins are handled long-term when quoting things like market capitalization. Perhaps we can start flagging wallets with no activity since [date when BTC value exploded] as "probably lost". A crude heuristic, to be sure, but perhaps useful.