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Title: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: JasonClauch on July 25, 2020, 05:17:57 AM It's an idiotic story, but it's completely true...
I am a nasty cyber-punk who learned about bitcoin back in 2011 and got my first bitcoins at that time, I just mined them on my work computer, while doing my own business, which did not bother me much, by those standards, my computer was quite powerful. I didn't have many bitcoins, only around 30-40, I don't remember exactly, at that time it was only a few dollars (February) After that, my personal life spun around, I started doing offline work and forgot about all this. Over time my computer became outdated and I disassembled it and sold the video card and other parts and left the hard drive in my closet. (more to the point) I heard again about bitcoin in 2017 and immediately remembered my hard drive, which my grandfather had hammered into the wall of his garage as a tool holder. So my story has come to an end, and it hurts and makes me laugh to write it. So no comment. Thanks, Jason Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: mole0815 on July 25, 2020, 09:14:02 AM You're not alone in this. There are many users with interesting stories about lost wallets :)
But "Meta" is unfortunately inappropriate and therefore please move (bottom left) this Thread to another subboard. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: friends1980 on July 25, 2020, 10:04:17 AM Very touching story and I feel an analogy here, so there's a lesson here for all of us: your HD shouldn't have been in your granddad's garage, just as this thread shouldn't have been in the Meta boards.
edit: there's a lesson for me here, too: always read the whole thread Quote But "Meta" is unfortunately inappropriate and therefore please move (bottom left) this Thread to another subboard. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Lucius on July 25, 2020, 10:33:30 AM Over time my computer became outdated and I disassembled it and sold the video card and other parts and left the hard drive in my closet. (more to the point) I heard again about bitcoin in 2017 and immediately remembered my hard drive, which my grandfather had hammered into the wall of his garage as a tool holder. Unfortunately for you and many other people who at first could not even imagine what value they actually have on their hard drives, fate has given you a really strong slap and left for sure a great feeling of regret for a lifetime. It's a real shame the hard drive from your closet ended up in the garage, but it is also a question of whether you would be able to save the data at all after so many years. There is another very famous case of a person whose hard drive ended up in a dump and it contained thousands of BTC, or a case of a person who hid his private keys in fishing rods that ended up in a dump again. At least you know where your BTCs are, on the garage wall as tool holder which is currently valid between $300 000 and $400 000 ::) Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: pakhitheboss on July 25, 2020, 10:42:08 AM OUCH!
That hurt more than your grandfather nailing the Hard drive on the wall. 30 to 40 Bitcoin would have made your life by now , sorry to hear about your loss and I know few of my friends who also lost their Bitcoin somewhat the same way. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: mk4 on July 25, 2020, 10:47:25 AM Honestly, don't feel to bad about it. Whatever bitcoin's value was at that time in 2011, chances are, you would've probably sold when bitcoin doubled/tripled/quadrupled/etc. It's easy to assume that there were a lot of people back then that probably wasn't bullish, or even thought that it would even reach $100(what more $19,800?).
Also, hey. It's not too late! Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Jating on July 25, 2020, 11:26:39 AM So my story has come to an end, and it hurts and makes me laugh to write it. So no comment. Thanks, Jason I think you're able to get over it by now since you're able to share your story here. And who would have thought that we are going to reach $20k in 2017? Sometimes you really have to think hard about it, but hey, it's life, you can't just loss your mind although it could really make you rich, but everything happens for a reason. :) Why not start stacking sats? Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: minairia3 on July 25, 2020, 11:33:45 AM You're not alone in this. There are many users with interesting stories about lost wallets :) On which subboard this topic usually belong? I mean this is a bitcoin sad story. So it would be best on Bitcoin discussion right?But "Meta" is unfortunately inappropriate and therefore please move (bottom left) this Thread to another subboard. OP, your experience reminds me some regret in my cryptocurrency life. But compared to what happened to you, mine is only a light one. Your btc is really valuable today and can help you in your life but we dont actually know that it will become like this right. You must not blame your Grandfather in all means. Maybe thats fate and bound to happen. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: hatshepsut93 on July 25, 2020, 11:35:53 AM For ~$300-400 000, it might be worth trying some of those advanced data recovery services that retrieve data even from broken hard drives. Maybe you can negotiate some agreement where they can take a part of the coins if they will succeed in getting the file? Although another questions is, was your wallet file encrypted? Cause you might find yourself unable to access the coins again, even if you retrieve the file.
Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: robelneo on July 25, 2020, 11:59:35 AM That's unfortunate but what if the hard drive was there and you find it when it hits an all-time high, that would be a very happy ending for you, but it's over and done now can you send the screenshot of what's left on your hard drive that hard drive would have been your ticket to big things, even one Bitcoin is being cherished now.
Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: UserU on July 25, 2020, 12:12:55 PM Honestly, don't feel to bad about it. Whatever bitcoin's value was at that time in 2011, chances are, you would've probably sold when bitcoin doubled/tripled/quadrupled/etc. It's easy to assume that there were a lot of people back then that probably wasn't bullish, or even thought that it would even reach $100(what more $19,800?). Also, hey. It's not too late! Pretty much true. I sold my laptop that was used to mine Bitcoins (it wasn't powerful but I had around the 0.0X IIRC). 5 years later, purchased some Bitcoins with my money and left them forgotten until 2 years later when the price started booming. Then I realized my FU moment and proceeded to cry myself to sleep. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Botnake on July 25, 2020, 12:28:24 PM You loss more or less $300,000 at the current BTC rate now.
What the... that's a huge amount dude, but you know, things happened, you just have to accept it and move on. Hopefully you are still into crypto now, it's never too late to get in here again, and hopefully you'll be able to make that much again. What you shared here is just another number of bitcoins lost in circulation, so the supply keeps decreasing as incidents like this occur. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: gentlemand on July 25, 2020, 12:33:12 PM For ~$300-400 000, it might be worth trying some of those advanced data recovery services that retrieve data even from broken hard drives. Maybe you can negotiate some agreement where they can take a part of the coins if they will succeed in getting the file? Yes. I'd be looking verrry carefully at where the nails were put in. It's just possible the platters are intact. I've been pondering why anyone would pick up a small rectangle of metal and think 'yes, this is absolutely ideal for storing my files, screwdrivers and bolts'. That seems like a deeply strange application of logic. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Assface16678 on July 25, 2020, 01:53:28 PM That was a sad story and this is a full regret but on those years the market price of the bitcoin is just nothing and its good that you just forgot this for a meantime but the to the problem is you lose your yards drive which is the most important thing and this is not one of the saddest stories I've ever heard before there is a lot too but still, bitcoin is a bitcoin this is one of the known coins today which can give you a good market income.
I think this could be a lesson learned don't forget your hard drive again lol. But still, this is not late because you can make more bitcoin again and also you are in the era in which the market price of the coin is huge. You loss more or less $300,000 at the current BTC rate now. What the... that's a huge amount dude, but you know, things happened, you just have to accept it and move on. Hopefully you are still into crypto now, it's never too late to get in here again, and hopefully you'll be able to make that much again. What you shared here is just another number of bitcoins lost in circulation, so the supply keeps decreasing as incidents like this occur. Yes don't lose hope because you can earn this again but it takes time at least you gained bitcoin and this is worth it with the market price right now. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: blckhawk on July 25, 2020, 02:08:22 PM Sounds silly ;D. Who would have though to nail and use a hard drive as a tool holder? But anyway what's done is done. You should accept the truth that you have lost what you have earned. Besides, you never know how big Bitcoin will be at that time to be in fact it can be only compared on a penny so you never put so much importance on it and I can't blame you, honestly, if I were in your situation I would probably did the same.
It is a sad past but you gotta live up for it, besides it will never be too late so you can build up once again. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Findingnemo on July 25, 2020, 02:59:56 PM I heard again about bitcoin in 2017 and immediately remembered my hard drive, which my grandfather had hammered into the wall of his garage as a tool holder. I just want to know how was your reaction when you found that hanging hardrive.Heart bursts? Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: TalkStar on July 25, 2020, 03:47:16 PM Its good to see that you are not worrying about the amount of bitcoin that you lost due to your grandfather's rare tool holder idea. By the way, its gonna be a memorable experience for you and you are not the who have faced something like this. There is lot more stories where many bitcoin holder lost their coins and your one is pretty much interesting for me.
Some people sold their coins in a lower price and some other people forgot their wallet details but you are slightly different from them where everyday you are watching the tool holder hanging on garage wall. By the way, thanks for sharing with us. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: tianxie on July 25, 2020, 03:58:21 PM It's an idiotic story, but it's completely true... I am a nasty cyber-punk who learned about bitcoin back in 2011 and got my first bitcoins at that time, I just mined them on my work computer, while doing my own business, which did not bother me much, by those standards, my computer was quite powerful. I didn't have many bitcoins, only around 30-40, I don't remember exactly, at that time it was only a few dollars (February) After that, my personal life spun around, I started doing offline work and forgot about all this. Over time my computer became outdated and I disassembled it and sold the video card and other parts and left the hard drive in my closet. (more to the point) I heard again about bitcoin in 2017 and immediately remembered my hard drive, which my grandfather had hammered into the wall of his garage as a tool holder. So my story has come to an end, and it hurts and makes me laugh to write it. So no comment. Thanks, Jason The bitcoin is not gone as long as you have the disc, its still possible to read the magnetic fields, i know many companies who does that Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: gentlemand on July 25, 2020, 04:00:33 PM The bitcoin is not gone as long as you have the disc, its still possible to read the magnetic fields, i know many companies who does that There's the minor problem of several nails potentially being rammed through it. If it were me I'd double check where those nails had gone as you never know. The more likely scenario is someone opening it up to find a confetti of shattered metal. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Rosilito on July 25, 2020, 04:45:03 PM - -The more likely scenario is someone opening it up to find a confetti of shattered metal. Probably, since hard drives were pretty sensitive :-\. I couldn't imagine the reaction of his grandpa if he found 'bout that tool holder he has would be able to buy him a What a waste :(. I feel bad just like anybody else here. But that's it, just move on, if nothing else?, so if OP can find a way to recover those stuff which I doubt would be possible given the scenario, then great. Well on a second thought, there was no rush on getting hold of some BTC again, in the first place ;). Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Findingnemo on July 25, 2020, 04:50:50 PM What a waste :(. I feel bad just like anybody else here. But that's it, just move on, if nothing else?, so if OP can find a way to recover those stuff which I doubt would be possible given the scenario, then great. Well on a second thought, there was no rush on getting hold of some BTC again, in the first place ;). Even when there is a hard drive failure due to ageing or other factors it is really very hard to recover the files in it so imagine a nail in between the written disc data I strongly believe there is no way ever.Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: JasonClauch on July 25, 2020, 05:58:46 PM It will be fun..
Me: Grandfather He: Yes? Me: Your key holder, cost $ 300,000 He : are you a drug addict? Go sleep it off, asshole. yeah.. he likes to swear. Let me see if can take photo of this for you, guys.. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: GazetaBitcoin on July 25, 2020, 08:07:51 PM I am a nasty cyber-punk who learned about bitcoin back in 2011 You are a nasty cyber-what? Cyber-punk? Lol. Too bad that in the last 9 years you didn't learn the difference between cypherpunk (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5255623.msg54620797#msg54620797) and cyberpunk (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk). That being said, I highly doubt that you had any connection with the Cypherpunk movement or that you held 30-40 BTC. A cypherpunk would know his nym and certainly he would not misspell it. Besides, cypherpunks would never make such mistakes - to leave precious data unattended. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: notblox1 on July 25, 2020, 09:47:08 PM You are a nasty cyber-what? Cyber-punk? Lol. Too bad that in the last 9 years you didn't learn the difference between cypherpunk (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5255623.msg54620797#msg54620797) and cyberpunk (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk). That being said, I highly doubt that you had any connection with the Cypherpunk movement or that you held 30-40 BTC. A cypherpunk would know his nym and certainly he would not misspell it. Besides, cypherpunks would never make such mistakes - to leave precious data unattended. Yes, i'm just a HODLER, i'm buying and holding coins. As said @bitbollo, this is a ERC20 Token, you can buy it from that platforms. Leave me your contacts i will help out with this Thanks, Jason I started to doubt anything that I read in bitcointalk forum and this looks to me like one of those merit hunting posts with fantasy story :) JasonClauch cyber-punk registered few days ago and he is a hodler. :P That being said, I like sci-fi movies and I am waiting to see this this hard drive tool holder. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: DdmrDdmr on July 25, 2020, 09:54:56 PM The story has been bugging me for a while. While feasible (as almost anything taken to the extreme), it’s also pretty improbable. I didn’t see a plausible usage of a hard drive as a tool holder until I came across this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPMr-OX4bd8
As it seems, the magnetic components from within the disk server to hold tools in place, and although it has limited usage (unless on dismembers a bunch of hard drives), it could be that someone would actually do that. What buggers me here is that the language (expressiveness) in the OP is way better than on the rest of the posts written by the OP (that sometimes leads to things ...). Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Ryker1 on July 25, 2020, 10:26:53 PM [snip] Well, sounds funny because even your grandfather thinking that the hard drive is useless, --what a waste! Supposedly you can buy gift to your grandpa with that 30-40 BTC.which my grandfather had hammered into the wall of his garage as a tool holder. Is this what looks like after your grandfather hammered your hard drive? https://i.imgur.com/xJ1NOw2.png Indeed, what a waste. Sorry for your loss bro but I think you need to move on with that story. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: vapourminer on July 26, 2020, 02:19:13 AM im sitting here trying to imagine what tools you can hang from a hard drive nailed to a wall. and i thought i had a pretty good imagination but im drawing a big blank here.
ive seen clocks made from platters, speakers made from the armature and such but this is some way out of the box thinking to me. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: JohnBitCo on July 26, 2020, 06:06:07 AM It's an idiotic story, but it's completely true... I am a nasty cyber-punk who learned about bitcoin back in 2011 and got my first bitcoins at that time, I just mined them on my work computer, while doing my own business, which did not bother me much, by those standards, my computer was quite powerful. I didn't have many bitcoins, only around 30-40, I don't remember exactly, at that time it was only a few dollars (February) After that, my personal life spun around, I started doing offline work and forgot about all this. Over time my computer became outdated and I disassembled it and sold the video card and other parts and left the hard drive in my closet. (more to the point) I heard again about bitcoin in 2017 and immediately remembered my hard drive, which my grandfather had hammered into the wall of his garage as a tool holder. So my story has come to an end, and it hurts and makes me laugh to write it. So no comment. Thanks, Jason If you had 40 bitcoin in the present date, that would have changed your fortune and you would not have to earn for the rest of your life, but the truth is that you do not have your hard disk with you which contains those bitcoins. The more you thought about it, the more sad you will feel, You need to forget about it and move on. I know its difficult to forget but you have no other option. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: UserU on July 26, 2020, 06:20:55 AM You are a nasty cyber-what? Cyber-punk? Lol. Too bad that in the last 9 years you didn't learn the difference between cypherpunk (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5255623.msg54620797#msg54620797) and cyberpunk (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk). This guy must be a fan of Cyberpunk 2077 ;D https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/nFU6gc8iPaTueBImYY7F0ttvEkc=/0x0:2878x1396/1820x1213/filters:focal(1317x291:1777x751)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66115187/Screen_Shot_2019_06_09_at_4.22.17_PM.0.png Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: FIFA worldcup on July 26, 2020, 06:21:14 AM Sounds silly ;D. Who would have though to nail and use a hard drive as a tool holder? But anyway what's done is done. You should accept the truth that you have lost what you have earned. Besides, you never know how big Bitcoin will be at that time to be in fact it can be only compared on a penny so you never put so much importance on it and I can't blame you, honestly, if I were in your situation I would probably did the same. It is a sad past but you gotta live up for it, besides it will never be too late so you can build up once again. Lets suppose that was not nailed, it would have been lost or thrown in the garbage because at that time no one knew the value of the bitcoins in coming days and that hard disk did not contain anything valuable other than the bitcoins. When we say that there are total 21 million bitcoins, we may be wrong because many bitcoins are already lost and not recoverable. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: JohnBitCo on July 26, 2020, 06:21:37 AM You are a nasty cyber-what? Cyber-punk? Lol. Too bad that in the last 9 years you didn't learn the difference between cypherpunk (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5255623.msg54620797#msg54620797) and cyberpunk (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk). That being said, I highly doubt that you had any connection with the Cypherpunk movement or that you held 30-40 BTC. A cypherpunk would know his nym and certainly he would not misspell it. Besides, cypherpunks would never make such mistakes - to leave precious data unattended. Yes, i'm just a HODLER, i'm buying and holding coins. As said @bitbollo, this is a ERC20 Token, you can buy it from that platforms. Leave me your contacts i will help out with this Thanks, Jason I started to doubt anything that I read in bitcointalk forum and this looks to me like one of those merit hunting posts with fantasy story :) JasonClauch cyber-punk registered few days ago and he is a hodler. :P That being said, I like sci-fi movies and I am waiting to see this this hard drive tool holder. Even if you think that is a Merit Hunting post, it only got a single merit till now. Also he did not ask for any merit directly or indirectly. Maybe he lost 30 bitcoins but perhaps he had some more bitcoins mined elsewhere and he is holding them. There can be numerous possibilities but we can believe what he said and do not impose unnecessary things which are not being said. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: suchmoon on July 26, 2020, 06:32:47 AM im sitting here trying to imagine what tools you can hang from a hard drive nailed to a wall. and i thought i had a pretty good imagination but im drawing a big blank here. First I'd like to see how one can drive a nail through a hard drive. Not sure what kind of drive we're talking about but I just looked at an old 3.5" drive and I wouldn't know where to start with a nail. Solid steel cover on one side and thick aluminum shell on the other. As for tool holding... neodymium magnets are crazy strong, could hold all sorts of tools, but that's only if you take the drive apart. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: tukagero on July 26, 2020, 07:23:12 AM It's an idiotic story, but it's completely true... well if you only know what will happen to the future you wont disassemble your computer or your hard drive. Maybe its not for you , maybe there will be one good opportunity that will come to you.I am a nasty cyber-punk who learned about bitcoin back in 2011 and got my first bitcoins at that time, I just mined them on my work computer, while doing my own business, which did not bother me much, by those standards, my computer was quite powerful. I didn't have many bitcoins, only around 30-40, I don't remember exactly, at that time it was only a few dollars (February) After that, my personal life spun around, I started doing offline work and forgot about all this. Over time my computer became outdated and I disassembled it and sold the video card and other parts and left the hard drive in my closet. (more to the point) I heard again about bitcoin in 2017 and immediately remembered my hard drive, which my grandfather had hammered into the wall of his garage as a tool holder. So my story has come to an end, and it hurts and makes me laugh to write it. So no comment. Thanks, Jason Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: noormcs5 on July 26, 2020, 07:48:03 AM It's an idiotic story, but it's completely true... well if you only know what will happen to the future you wont disassemble your computer or your hard drive. Maybe its not for you , maybe there will be one good opportunity that will come to you.I am a nasty cyber-punk who learned about bitcoin back in 2011 and got my first bitcoins at that time, I just mined them on my work computer, while doing my own business, which did not bother me much, by those standards, my computer was quite powerful. I didn't have many bitcoins, only around 30-40, I don't remember exactly, at that time it was only a few dollars (February) After that, my personal life spun around, I started doing offline work and forgot about all this. Over time my computer became outdated and I disassembled it and sold the video card and other parts and left the hard drive in my closet. (more to the point) I heard again about bitcoin in 2017 and immediately remembered my hard drive, which my grandfather had hammered into the wall of his garage as a tool holder. So my story has come to an end, and it hurts and makes me laugh to write it. So no comment. Thanks, Jason What opportunity will come to him now ? The opportunity was already lost when that hard disk was nailed by the grandfather. Life don't give such chances always, there are few chances in life and only the lucky one avail those chances. :) Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: vapourminer on July 26, 2020, 09:43:54 AM im sitting here trying to imagine what tools you can hang from a hard drive nailed to a wall. and i thought i had a pretty good imagination but im drawing a big blank here. First I'd like to see how one can drive a nail through a hard drive. Not sure what kind of drive we're talking about but I just looked at an old 3.5" drive and I wouldn't know where to start with a nail. Solid steel cover on one side and thick aluminum shell on the other. check out the heavy duty nail guns used in construction. some are pneumatic (used in framing a lot), some even use .22 blanks to drive nails into concrete. nailing through a hard drive is no problem. if the platters are undamaged (unlikely) data could possibly be recovered as others have said. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Botnake on July 26, 2020, 09:59:54 AM You loss more or less $300,000 at the current BTC rate now. What the... that's a huge amount dude, but you know, things happened, you just have to accept it and move on. Hopefully you are still into crypto now, it's never too late to get in here again, and hopefully you'll be able to make that much again. What you shared here is just another number of bitcoins lost in circulation, so the supply keeps decreasing as incidents like this occur. Yes don't lose hope because you can earn this again but it takes time at least you gained bitcoin and this is worth it with the market price right now. You move on and conditioned your mind because if not, you'll feel the pain every time you see bitcoin pumping, just like now, it seems like bitcoin is having a little bull run and might break $10,000 again. As per OP, I think he has already move one since it happen a long time ago and he was sharing it to us without thinking about negative comments. Lesson learn for us, especially now that we are investing, if we have an altcoins that we though a shit coins, let's still keep it, as who knows, the market will turn into the opposite of our expectation, and that shit coins might bring us some fortune in life. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Lucius on July 26, 2020, 02:04:52 PM Let me see if can take photo of this for you, guys.. If you have access to a garage and a regular smartphone with a camera, then it won't be a problem for you to show us what it looks like when someone nails a hard drive to the wall. In the meantime, some will wonder if the story is true or false, if you are hunting merits or if you are someone's alt account just trolling. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: suchmoon on July 26, 2020, 02:16:27 PM check out the heavy duty nail guns used in construction. some are pneumatic (used in framing a lot), some even use .22 blanks to drive nails into concrete. nailing through a hard drive is no problem. OP said "hammered", which kinda implies a hand-held hammer but perhaps you're right. I've seen a Ramset in action, that thing is savage. Also insane to use on anything other than prescribed materials (like a 2x4 to concrete) but we're talking about someone allegedly thinking that a hard drive is a tool holder so fair game. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: vapourminer on July 26, 2020, 04:32:39 PM check out the heavy duty nail guns used in construction. some are pneumatic (used in framing a lot), some even use .22 blanks to drive nails into concrete. nailing through a hard drive is no problem. OP said "hammered", which kinda implies a hand-held hammer but perhaps you're right. I've seen a Ramset in action, that thing is savage. Also insane to use on anything other than prescribed materials (like a 2x4 to concrete) but we're talking about someone allegedly thinking that a hard drive is a tool holder so fair game. i can picture some poor sod holding the nail while grampa swings some huge 20 pound sledge hammer at it. dunno which would be more fun to watch. well maybe not fun exactly. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: khaled0111 on July 26, 2020, 07:13:33 PM This is the most weird story I've ever heard.
As for tool holding... neodymium magnets are crazy strong, could hold all sorts of tools, but that's only if you take the drive apart. Neo magnets are very powerful indeed, but how did his grandfather know about them. Besides, to use them as tool holders, I think you have to remove them first by taking the hard drive apart and dismantling it... not just nailing the whole thing to the wall.Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: pixie85 on July 26, 2020, 08:52:23 PM check out the heavy duty nail guns used in construction. some are pneumatic (used in framing a lot), some even use .22 blanks to drive nails into concrete. nailing through a hard drive is no problem. OP said "hammered", which kinda implies a hand-held hammer but perhaps you're right. I've seen a Ramset in action, that thing is savage. Also insane to use on anything other than prescribed materials (like a 2x4 to concrete) but we're talking about someone allegedly thinking that a hard drive is a tool holder so fair game. I have disassembled some hard drives in my life and the bottom part is pretty hard alu cast and the top is a sheet of steel. I can't imagine even a pneumatic nail gun breaking through this. As you can see below an HDD can stop a normal pistol bullet. Not a match for rifles, but a nail? Please. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvMpXv5U7R8 Also what tools was that supposed to hold? Did he drill holes in it for bits and screwdrivers? Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: suchmoon on July 26, 2020, 09:02:42 PM I have disassembled some hard drives in my life and the bottom part is pretty hard alu cast and the top is a sheet of steel. I can't imagine even a pneumatic nail gun breaking through this. As you can see below an HDD can stop a normal pistol bullet. Not a match for rifles, but a nail? Please. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvMpXv5U7R8 Well, since we're doing youtube... I honestly didn't believe "ramset hard drive" would yield any results but apparently every stupid thing has been done by someone somewhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5ftAV8vD14 It took the guy in the video a few tries mainly because he was fumbling with the gun but he literally nailed a hard drive to a piece of wood and there was a hammer involved so I'll count that as "hammering" LOL. The screen grab below was taken after the hard drive was pried off the piece of wood and you can see the nail went all the way through the top cover and through the aluminum casing: https://meem.link/i/a/9Y86Dr.jpg Edited 2020-11-30 to fix a broken image Here is another one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuRFufBbnmc Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: pixie85 on July 26, 2020, 09:27:20 PM The things people do in their free time never cease to amaze me. :o After some digging I found this guy who tests types of nail guns on hard drives and one (a concrete nailer) manages to get the job done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC46fVL9VLA It stil doesn't explain the tool holder part. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: vapourminer on July 26, 2020, 09:47:56 PM ^^
i can see a new hobby for me. i have like a hundred old hard drives (literally.. maybe slightly less but not by much). plus a nail gun that uses .22 blanks (nasty kick that thing has) and several sledge hammers. once im out of the hospital from getting broken bones set and the the random hard drive pieces removed from my body ill try to post pics. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: NeuroticFish on July 26, 2020, 10:06:54 PM It's an idiotic story, but it's completely true... Sorry, I don't believe this. MtGox was all over the news and since then Bitcoin kept getting into the news. And its price too. So 30-40 BTC would have been 3.5-4.5k in 2014 and from that point no way you would leave your coins unattended. Nice SF though. PS. Also quite interesting that basically only me and Gazeta were concerned about the truth of the story. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: libert19 on July 27, 2020, 04:24:48 AM Honestly, don't feel to bad about it. Whatever bitcoin's value was at that time in 2011, chances are, you would've probably sold when bitcoin doubled/tripled/quadrupled/etc. It's easy to assume that there were a lot of people back then that probably wasn't bullish, or even thought that it would even reach $100(what more $19,800?). Also, hey. It's not too late! I mean he remembered he had some Bitcoin in 2017, it was pretty decent amount even then. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: suchmoon on July 27, 2020, 04:53:32 AM PS. Also quite interesting that basically only me and Gazeta were concerned about the truth of the story. The story can't be verified and doesn't really make much of a difference since the OP is not selling anything. So might as well relax and go along with it. I'm still hoping to find out how the drive was attached to the wall and what tools it was supposed to hold. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: NeuroticFish on July 27, 2020, 05:32:39 AM The story can't be verified and doesn't really make much of a difference since the OP is not selling anything. So might as well relax and go along with it. I'm still hoping to find out how the drive was attached to the wall and what tools it was supposed to hold. The point also was that since it's a made up story, the "nailed" part and the use of that could also be made up (and may not be realistic enough). But I won't interfere more. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Lordhermes on July 27, 2020, 07:14:15 AM So many users hadn't known the value of bitcoin as of then, similar case happened to me early 2016 but mine wasn't hard drive or something, mine was about ponzi scheme, using 0.5btc for that and it hurts. 30-40 btc could have changed your environment. So sorry mate, it's never too late to increase your portfolio of btc.
Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: suchmoon on July 27, 2020, 11:41:26 AM The point also was that since it's a made up story, the "nailed" part and the use of that could also be made up (and may not be realistic enough). But I won't interfere more. But we've been promised pictures! :) Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Peanutswar on July 28, 2020, 12:37:50 PM It feels bad to you mate but we cannot blame anyone right now because it's better to love your grandfather than having a bad argument that gives you both a bad feeling it's better to enjoy your life right now.
Can't imagine your face if you caught in the act while hitting your hard drive with the hammer every hit feels a heartache. - -The more likely scenario is someone opening it up to find a confetti of shattered metal. Probably, since hard drives were pretty sensitive :-\. I couldn't imagine the reaction of his grandpa if he found 'bout that tool holder he has would be able to buy him a What a waste :(. I feel bad just like anybody else here. But that's it, just move on, if nothing else?, so if OP can find a way to recover those stuff which I doubt would be possible given the scenario, then great. Well on a second thought, there was no rush on getting hold of some BTC again, in the first place ;). Even we want to forgot all of the things happened every time you are lonely this is the time sadness and regret in lifes attack that what if you got your bitcoin and not too loss this. It's hard to forget a large amount of money in just one hammer. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: vapourminer on July 28, 2020, 12:46:48 PM when you really get down to it a lot of us early miners lost far more than that just playing with wallets, no current backups, whatever. lot of potential fiat (say at 10 grand per coin at todays value, but of course much less then as it was at like 10 bucks a coin) were willingly spent or lost (testing wallets, pools, exchanges etc) to test the system.
not to minimize your loss. as that does suck. it will suck starting from scratch again but try to start stacking again. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Mrengage on July 29, 2020, 09:00:54 PM This story is hilarious, but that's a huge loss how wish you believed in it. You would have become a f***king billionaire today. Any ways it's a story to tell your grate grand children yet born.
Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: erikoy on July 29, 2020, 11:04:22 PM This story is hilarious, but that's a huge loss how wish you believed in it. You would have become a f***king billionaire today. Any ways it's a story to tell your grate grand children yet born. Yes, pretty sure this is why we need to consider things that may have going to value in the future. There are many things to consider but one can come up to a decision one what things could have greater value in the future. In my case I am holding coins that could be melt down and be made into a wedding ring. But there are other valuable things I consider and bitcoin is one good thing to consider.This post is good for everyone to learn with how should we treat bitcoin. As time.passes by bitcoin could go high and we do not know if we could get good money on it in the future. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: nutildah on August 09, 2020, 02:02:41 PM I am a nasty cyber-punk who learned about bitcoin back in 2011 and got my first bitcoins at that time, I just mined them on my work computer, while doing my own business, which did not bother me much, by those standards, my computer was quite powerful. I didn't have many bitcoins, only around 30-40, I don't remember exactly, at that time it was only a few dollars (February) So you mined a block and then either gave away, traded, or sold 10-20 bitcoins in February 2011? https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/023/021/e02e5ffb5f980cd8262cf7f0ae00a4a9_press-x-to-doubt-memes-memesuper-la-noire-doubt-meme_419-238.jpg Going by his posts since this one, this guy was looking to establish some "cred" via merits before running some currency exchange scams. The story can't be verified and doesn't really make much of a difference since the OP is not selling anything. This has since changed (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5266186.msg54919075#msg54919075). Not only do I think OP was here farming merits to help him run a scam, I think I know who he was in past incarnations as well. But this can all be disproved with pictures of a hard drive turned into a key holder. Just take 2 pictures of it next to a piece of paper with the day's date, and I'll apologize, and even give you the 3 last merits you need to make Member status. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: suchmoon on August 09, 2020, 02:39:28 PM This has since changed (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5266186.msg54919075#msg54919075). Good point. Didn't quite work though - no bids. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Smartvirus on August 09, 2020, 11:35:20 PM Wow! You know I actually have a very awkward feeling about your story. I don't know if I should be remorseful or I should laugh. It's really a lose but then, you only invested quite little, maybe mind it just for the fun of it or was just testing new waters but then, it is what it is and unrecoverable maybe. A lot of persons might share same feelings as you with regards to lost private keys, wallets and all that. It also the beauty of the game, getting your stuff together and keeping it safe. That's supposing your story is possible and true by the way. Nice of you to share.
Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: crwth on August 09, 2020, 11:41:16 PM Don’t feel too bad, but I guess that’s a lesson learned for every one of us that sometimes there are things that are less valued than it is today, and we have to have somehow the foresight to what could have value and knowing what to keep.
I imagine myself having bitcoin In the early days, but I think it’s just a dream for myself hoping that there is some kind of treasure inside one of those old, old hard drives that I have here in my house but I know it’s never going to be true, but It’s a dream. Just continue in your Bitcoin journey, and maybe there would be better fortunes as well. Welcome to Bitcointalk. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: GazetaBitcoin on August 10, 2020, 07:29:47 AM But we've been promised pictures! :) Seventeen days later, our very own cyber-punk OP still did not come up with any picture. Although all the members which have written inside this topic are eager to see those photos, refreshing the topic from hour to hour during the last 17 days and hoping to see any update from the cyber-punk, it seems that OP is merciless and forgot about all of us. I am truly hoping that this post will determine him to give us a little piece of attention. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: NeuroticFish on August 10, 2020, 07:42:40 AM I am truly hoping that this post will determine him to give us a little piece of attention. It won't. It will only make a few others read only the first post and then write "Interesting story, sorry for your loss", without caring at all if it's for real or not. And our concerns will be lost in a sea of garbage. And why would he post images? Would he break a HDD to actually prove nothing? He's got some merit, he's got a sea of sympathy, he can move on. PS. Sorry for so much "sea", I may be missing already my holiday :D Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Lucius on August 10, 2020, 10:54:30 AM But we've been promised pictures! :) Seventeen days later, our very own cyber-punk OP still did not come up with any picture. Although all the members which have written inside this topic are eager to see those photos, refreshing the topic from hour to hour during the last 17 days and hoping to see any update from the cyber-punk, it seems that OP is merciless and forgot about all of us.I am truly hoping that this post will determine him to give us a little piece of attention. Since I was one of those who gave him the merit, I sent him a PM and asked a question about the pictures he promised. I got the answer that he currently lives in another location (another city), but that he will take a photo when he returns to his parents' house. While the image might prove that the hard drive was destroyed the way the OP described it, that again does not mean that the hard drive actually stored BTC private keys. Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: GazetaBitcoin on August 10, 2020, 01:08:24 PM If I was you, I'd ask him also if he has an ETA until he gets to his parents house. And I think I'd also ask him how is it possible for his parents to not have in 2020 a phone equipped with a camera, thus they could take the pic for him. Or ask if they also don't have at least a regular camera, to take the picture with and send it via email.
While the image might prove that the hard drive was destroyed the way the OP described it, that again does not mean that the hard drive actually stored BTC private keys. Well, an image is better than nothing. He could prove at least that he did his best to make this lie credible :) Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: Lucius on August 10, 2020, 02:08:09 PM If I was you, I'd ask him also if he has an ETA until he gets to his parents house. And I think I'd also ask him how is it possible for his parents to not have in 2020 a phone equipped with a camera, thus they could take the pic for him. Or ask if they also don't have at least a regular camera, to take the picture with and send it via email. Of course, it occurred to me, but I honestly did not want to go into any further discussions because the possible answer could be that his parents are not accustomed to technology, which may not be so strange because in addition to smartphones, older people still prefer dummy and simple mobile phones. No matter how this unfortunate story ends, we will never determine with certainty whether the OP was just hunting for merits or his story is true - but what we can all agree with is that this is one of the weirdest ways to lose BTC for now (whether true or not). Title: Re: How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. Post by: notblox1 on August 10, 2020, 02:38:46 PM I am smelling possible negative trust feedback soon for grandson who tells fantasy stories.
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