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Hello,
I have created in 2013 an account on bitcoins.com. Site does not exist anymore. I am sure I have created a wallet and I would like to know which site is replacing bitcoins.com.
I am certainly not the only one having registered there, but, maybe the only one having forgotten the site since years! Can somebody help me? Merci.

Hello

did you backup your wallet information and private key? if yes so you can access wallet again.
I remember bitcoins.com give a all info and wallet keys.

Unfortunately the last proper backup I've found on web archive (July 2014) was normal site https://web.archive.org/web/20140703025807/http://www.bitcoins.com/
and the next backups were already showing the domain for sale.

I didn't use this bitcoins.com, but I've found on the news a story about it: https://www.zdnet.com/article/bitcoins-com-on-auction-block-proceeds-go-to-former-mt-gox-investors/

This is the second similar story I see today. The other one I've seen is this:

need help, I lost my coin in 2010 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5331367.0)

It might just be a coincidence but better keep an eye just in case.

OP, as I said to the other guy, I think you'd better move forward and thing how to make money and buy or earn crypto nowadays.

You lost your bitcoin and must to accept the fact.

From this loss, you can take it as your practical lesson and learn about non custodial wallets. With non custodial wallets, you will have seeds or private keys of your bitcoin wallets. If you back up it well, save it secret and safely, you will recover your wallet and get access to your bitcoin anytime.

Custodial vs. Non Custodial Wallets - "Not your keys, not your coin" Explained. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5173370.0)
[General] Bitcoin Wallets - Which, what, why? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1631151.0)
Not your keys, not your coins (https://notyourkeys.org/)

Something doesn't add up to me and I wanna make sure...

August 07, 2013 (https://web.archive.org/web/20130807225731/http://www.bitcoins.com/) sign up page says their service isn't available yet.


However on Sept. 06, 2013 (https://web.archive.org/web/20130906003045/http://www.bitcoins.com/), they announced a revamp and referred to themselves as "your information source of everything about the new digital currency". The directory (https://web.archive.org/web/20140801000000*/http://www.bitcoins.com/directory) they made also didn't say anything about their service. I couldn't find anything about it anymore...

This makes me question if there was even a wallet/exchange released... op, did you create a wallet in their website or you downloaded a wallet off their website?

Interesting thing is bitcoin-qt (bitcoin core now) was linked in their homepage from sept 30, 2011 (https://web.archive.org/web/20110930165402/http://www.bitcoins.com/) until they revamped and moved it to their directory. If it is bitcoin-qt, you can recover your coins depending if you can find your wallet file (wallet.dat) and the state of it.

If you have not kept your private key or any encrypted form of it (wallet seed) in a safe place and you have access to it, then accessing that site will not change anything.
bitcoins.com site manages a database that cannot access your key, and if they can access your key, then it is likely that your coins were stolen.

old bitcoin wallet was using private key or random words enable you to access your account.
If you have the private key, you will be able to recover your money.
If you have random words then you will need help.