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Title: Bitcoins lost
Post by: smoothrunnings on December 18, 2013, 12:35:16 PM
After seeing the story about the guy who lost 7 million dollars with of Bitcoins the price was high, and Stacey (at RT News/Max Keiser) recently saying he's lost wallets in the beginning that held 20 bitcoins or so in them, I am wondering how many lost bitcoins there are out there?

:)


Title: Re: Bitcoins lost
Post by: proudhon on December 18, 2013, 12:36:19 PM
After seeing the story about the guy who lost 7 million dollars with of Bitcoins the price was high, and Stacey (at RT News/Max Keiser) recently saying he's lost wallets in the beginning that held 20 bitcoins or so in them, I am wondering how many lost bitcoins there are out there?

:)


Practically impossible to know for sure.  Lots.


Title: Re: Bitcoins lost
Post by: jongameson on December 18, 2013, 12:39:44 PM
I have a USB stick with 50 somewhere around here I mined back in Feburary 09


Title: Re: Bitcoins lost
Post by: EvilPanda on December 18, 2013, 12:42:26 PM
I have a USB stick with 50 somewhere around here I mined back in Feburary 09
Need help finding it?  ::)


Title: Re: Bitcoins lost
Post by: bitpop on December 18, 2013, 02:28:54 PM
What's your home address


Title: Re: Bitcoins lost
Post by: runam0k on December 18, 2013, 02:47:32 PM
Didn't someone post a thread about there being almost 40,000 wallets with 50BTC newly minted each in them that haven't been touched that have almost certainly been forgotten about or lost?

That's a lot of coins right there.


Title: Re: Bitcoins lost
Post by: LiteCoinGuy on December 18, 2013, 02:50:59 PM
maybe in the end we have instead of 21 mio BTC only 14 mio.  :o