Homeless man, Veteran, finds 30k BTC on hard drive!

[lottery248]

homeless people usually don't have a camera showing legit pictures of discovering that drive, and that requires two people and there was only one, even if he/she wanted help, this would have done without this to be posted, as they would carry a computer and get them the funds directly.
yeah it is surely a scam.

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[Jessica136]

THT'S CALLED LUCK! you would never had a idea that when God is going to bless you and change your luck from back to front. Its God's grace that the poor man got a huge amount of Bitcoin.


Oh God! I wish I could get atleast 1/4th of the amount. 

[uneng]

the mac book he found must have been thrown in the dumpster long ago when it was not millions

[Gleb Gamow]

It's of course a great story if true, but I don't believe any of this. I see this just as an attempt for this Mya Xu girl to get her donation address filled, and that's about it. It's an ordinary fool people attempt in order to get a few bucks worth of dust..... I hope no one actually sends coins to that address.

Some people should try to be realistic because I don't see how that girl will help that girl and start begging for donations. Will It be big if the girl is given 100 or10 BTC by that guy!!

Obviously, you didn't read the OP or the article, for she was supposedly offered ~$700K USD but turned it down, opting instead to beg for dust because she felt "it was the logical right thing to do":

The young woman who helped him, was offered 1000 Bitcoins but turned it down because she felt as though “it was the right thing to do”.

[SwingFirst]

I call bullshit on this one. The type person who has 30,000BTC on his hard drive is probably not the type of person who throws away a hard drive, let alone stores them all on one.

[Daneric]

This is pure luck but I highly doubt the authenticity of this story. Someone turns down an offer of 1,000 bitcoins and goes ahead to ask for donations?. This is a clever way of getting bitcoin using a cooked up story.

[European Central Bank]

and the hell would anyone donate anyway? it's not even a very interesting story. I want more exciting fiction if they want me to hand over coins. I wouldn't donate to someone stupid enough to turn down a cut of the fictional coins.

[BurtW]

If you accept 1,000 fictional Bitcoins from a newly found stash of 30,000 fictional Bitcoins you will have exactly 0 real BTC.  But if you beg for Bitcoins on the Internet you may get some.

So turning down the 1,000 fictional Bitcoins for the chance to get some dust is the logical thing to do.

As of this post she has exactly 0 real and 0 fictional Bitcoins:

https://blockchain.info/address/1NRMXniayw6e3GVbj129TKgohd84CBj7zX

[European Central Bank]

well, they'd be more likely to get bitcoin out of me if they'd actually held my interest by claiming to have talked an alien fleet out of invading or rescuing a kitten. this is a blatantly untrue tale and an insult to the intelligence of anyone reading it.

[Gleb Gamow]

well, they'd be more likely to get bitcoin out of me if they'd actually held my interest by claiming to have talked an alien fleet out of invading or rescuing a kitten. this is a blatantly untrue tale and an insult to the intelligence of anyone reading it.

Note to self: Read entire forum prior to commenting so to comment in a logical order. Ref. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1666911.msg16738744#msg16738744 (then scroll up and see the OP).

[quit_gambling_for_good]

Is this news really true? I don't think someone would just throw away a hard drive with 30k BTC in it, and even if the homeless man found it, he need to install the hard drive into a new cpu, it is not an easy task if you had zero knowledge on how to assemble a cpu.

[Daneric]

Is this news really true? I don't think someone would just throw away a hard drive with 30k BTC in it, and even if the homeless man found it, he need to install the hard drive into a new cpu, it is not an easy task if you had zero knowledge on how to assemble a cpu.

That is very true. I believe the whole story is just a make up to excite people. Whoever started this thread had different intentions other than informing people of the lost and found hard disk. The story does not add up at all

[monbux]

I wonder if it belongs to this guy:
http://bitcoinbarrel.com/search-for-lost-hard-drive-with-4m-stored-bitcoins-in-dump/

  LOL

I was thinking that lol, would have been a really cool story.
But then I saw the last part with the bitcoin address.

[Gleb Gamow]

Is this news really true? I don't think someone would just throw away a hard drive with 30k BTC in it, and even if the homeless man found it, he need to install the hard drive into a new cpu, it is not an easy task if you had zero knowledge on how to assemble a cpu.

During his search, he spotted a MacBook Pro, which was heavily damaged, along with a 1 TB external hard drive.

He then asked me if I didn’t mind checking the external hard drive. I plugged it into my computer and there was a folder labeled “Bitcoin”. I opened it and there was a text file with a “master key” and a bitcoin address.

I truly doubt that this asshole will ever read this post, for obviously that cocksucker didn't even read the article prior to posting.

Pattersfield told authorities about the broken laptop he had found in the trash. Authorities told him that because it was broken and found in the trash, the original owner intentionally got rid of the laptop and therefore has no claim to it.

“I really hope this man can find some relief after this; c’mon he’s a veteran and deserves much better than being homeless,” said Officer Vargas.

Hey, Officer Vargas, the broken laptop didn't have the bitcoins on it. The perfectly working external hard drive did.

Back to the timeline:

Homeless man finds drive.

Walks over to couple who offer him $10.

Pattersfield turns it down, seeking clues.

Couple inform him laptop is trash, but external drive is fine.

They plug it in. It works. Girl sees bitcoins.

They depart.

Pattersfield goes to Reddit and sells some bitcoins now in his control.

Recontacts girl who gave a homeless man her vitals. Offers equivalent of $700K. She turns it down because it's the right thing to do.

She pens the story using the current exchange rate in spite of event happening a while back. Girl now seeks donations.

This thread if penned. Not many read OP, let alone subsequent posts prior to commenting.

General consensus is that this is a ruse, while folks comment on other shit.

[BurtW]

Gleb,

On point as always because you actually know how to read a thread before making a comment.  You are a gentleman and a scholar.

Idiots who do not read threads before posting should all be banned.  All paid signatures should be banned.  One warning, perm ban, no recourse.

[Gleb Gamow]

Gleb,

On point as always because you actually know how to read a thread before making a comment.  You are a gentleman and a scholar.

Idiots who do not read threads before posting should all be banned.  All paid signatures should be banned.  One warning, perm ban, no recourse.

To be fair, I've made more than my share of mistakes in commenting even after fully reading posts/OPs/threads, some more than once through. Yes, I read them, but no, I've sometimes fail to know how to read them ... wait ... ergo, still a gentleman and a scholar (wanna see my HS diploma?). <thank you, Google, for helping me spell diploma - i, not an e> <but I got gentleman down pat, even after putting it down Pat and paying her for her time, I thanked her; her and Ruth, and Bambi, and Trix, and Lulu (okay, maybe not Lulu, but I'm pretty sure I thunk it)>

[BurtW]

I think you are confused.  Trixie and Lulamoon are not two different poinies.  They are the same pony, her full name being Trixie Lulamoon.  You must have been very drunk at the time to think they were two different ponies.

[Bugor2]

It is probably a lucky man. Has secured a carefree old age and children inherited

[Gleb Gamow]

I think you are confused.  Trixie and Lulamoon are not two different poinies.  They are the same pony, her full name being Trixie Lulamoon.  You must have been very drunk at the time to think they were two different ponies.

Another mystery solved! That explains why only one tail between the two, with two because I was seeing double then during my drinking days.

FYI, I quit drinking in the latter part of the 80's, not due to hangovers, but because the way it made my stomach feel the next morning. I still frequented the bars but only drank coffee all night. TBC, I quit drinking in excess, still enjoying the rare/occasion drink.

Back to Trixie Lulamoon, what a tail! Pretty sure though it was her that was pissed when I left upon busting a nut - on the other side of the room.

[drakker]

Nah. I think this is a false story. Who the hell would dump a 30k btc?If the drive had 30k btc the user know that he/she will dump money. And the how come a homeless man knows bitcoin?