Lost my bitcoin

[johnnz]

Hello all, I been a long time reader here but have only recently signed up.
I started mining bitcoin in 2015. I saved up and brought 2x second hand s3 antminers and a 1x s1 antminer, I was really interested in the blockchain tech and had to have a piece of the pie.
I mined just over 4btc which had been sitting in my blockchain.info wallet. One day I couldn't access my email due to wrong password, I finally got access back into my email and noticed a few emails had been deleted as well as the one which contained my wallet details, lucky I had a .txt backup. Urgently I log into my wallet and found I had been a robbed, all my btc was gone. My heart sunk, I feel so bummed all that work and money for nothing.

My advice is
Dont keep you wallet details in your email or online at all.
If you have bitcoin dont tell anyone
Use an offline or physical wallet

Dont make the same mistake as me  

[redsuncrypto]

Hello all, I been a long time reader here but have only recently signed up.
I started mining bitcoin in 2015. I saved up and brought 2x second hand s3 antminers and a 1x s1 antminer, I was really interested in the blockchain tech and had to have a piece of the pie.
I mined just over 4btc which had been sitting in my blockchain.info wallet. One day I couldn't access my email due to wrong password, I finally got access back into my email and noticed a few emails had been deleted as well as the one which contained my wallet details, lucky I had a .txt backup. Urgently I log into my wallet and found I had been a robbed, all my btc was gone. I heart sunk, I feel so bummed all that work and money for nothing.

My advice is
Dont keep you wallet details in your email or online at all.
If you have bitcoin dont tell anyone
Use an offline or physical wallet

Dont make the same mistake as me  

Thanks for you sharing, wish more luck for you

[Beefcake]

Sorry to hear that you lost your coin.  Wallet security is very important, I suggest hardware wallets such as trezor or ledger.  They are pretty darn secure!  Otherwise assume that someone will be trying to hack your stuff.  oh, and also read up on making strong passwords.  It is very possible to make passwords for email and other accounts that are secure, hard to brute force, and easy to remember.

Good luck!

[tanghere1]

I feel sorry for you bud. At $16,000 usd per bitcoin today that is a real bummer. Maybe your a victim of a phishing website, they can steal your credentials and hacked you.

[Good Bo]

Thank you for advice. How about the private email just special to store wallet detail with no access as a normal email? Is it still dangerous?
I hope it will happen to anybody else.

[TheGodFather]

Hello all, I been a long time reader here but have only recently signed up.
I started mining bitcoin in 2015. I saved up and brought 2x second hand s3 antminers and a 1x s1 antminer, I was really interested in the blockchain tech and had to have a piece of the pie.
I mined just over 4btc which had been sitting in my blockchain.info wallet. One day I couldn't access my email due to wrong password, I finally got access back into my email and noticed a few emails had been deleted as well as the one which contained my wallet details, lucky I had a .txt backup. Urgently I log into my wallet and found I had been a robbed, all my btc was gone. My heart sunk, I feel so bummed all that work and money for nothing.

My advice is
Dont keep you wallet details in your email or online at all.
If you have bitcoin dont tell anyone
Use an offline or physical wallet

Dont make the same mistake as me  

First I would just like to say how I’m very sorry for your loss and thank you for the heads up and advice. THIs is clearly an illustration how even if we get successful on this as long as it is not on our hands it can get lost or disappeared.

[iamvinny]

Sorry to hear that... I was just like you, now I'm starting to care more about securing my bitcoins.. I Just got a hardware wallet after reading many terrible stories from users of online wallets.

[Arksun1]

If you must use online wallet (like such as say Block Chain) my advice would be:

1) Sign up with a brand new email address, tell NO ONE of this email address and never use it for anything other than correspondance to your online wallet provider.
2) Ensure both your online bitcoin wallet and email account has extremely long secure passwords
3) Enable 2 factor authentication to your phone and any additional secondary password for sending bitcoins from your online wallet. Again, ensuring that nothing ties your phone number to the email you used to sign up for your wallet by having a brand new one.
4) Keep any computer or mobile device you use to access it clean from malware and viruses, if unsure, dont use it.

[SirEGB]

Wow, sorry for your loss.  I keep my coins on my Ledger from www.gotcryptowallet.com/ so I hope to avoid what happened to you.  I'm keeping it and forgetting about it just like my retirement fund.

[Svelto]

Sorry to hear about your losses, I can imagine losing BTC is painful. I agree that we shouldn’t store our BTC in online wallets for the long term. Get a hardware wallet, it is worth the investment. 

[joetudi_qcshs]

losing a bitcoin is like losing a treasure. I feel sorry for your loss. Im sorry.

[mikedaking]

Thankyou for the advice, I couldn't imagine losing that much btc. Please send me your wallet address as I would like to send you a small donation, it wont be much but at least it will get you started on your new btc journey

[wilhb81]

Hello all, I been a long time reader here but have only recently signed up.
I started mining bitcoin in 2015. I saved up and brought 2x second hand s3 antminers and a 1x s1 antminer, I was really interested in the blockchain tech and had to have a piece of the pie.
I mined just over 4btc which had been sitting in my blockchain.info wallet. One day I couldn't access my email due to wrong password, I finally got access back into my email and noticed a few emails had been deleted as well as the one which contained my wallet details, lucky I had a .txt backup. Urgently I log into my wallet and found I had been a robbed, all my btc was gone. My heart sunk, I feel so bummed all that work and money for nothing.

My advice is
Dont keep you wallet details in your email or online at all.
If you have bitcoin dont tell anyone
Use an offline or physical wallet

Dont make the same mistake as me  

Thanks for sharing your advices with us and so sorry about your lost. Indeed, it's better NOT to save/share our important personal informations online (the lesser we share, the better we are)

PS: What you're going to do with your 2x second hand S3 antminers and 1x S1 antminer? Are you going to start mining Bitcoin again, or you're going to mine other alt coins?

[cpfreeplz]

Omg of course never email yourself wallet details. The only way that would make sense is if it was encrypted, which most people wouldn't have a clue how to do properly. Blockchain.info is notorious for terrible security too. I'm so sorry for your loss. This is awful.

[WhichIsGood]

This is heartbreaking, considering the value of 1 BTC right now. Not to mention the Time and Effort invested on it. I can only lament on your loss. To avoid this kind of scenario in the future, everyone should be vigilant enough. We, ourselves, are the only ones who could protect our own bitcoins because their safety are determined by our own safety practices.

[dettihegedus]

it is really sad, you might never get back your bitcoin, we sorry about your lost, and we also learn morething about your experience.

[Turkish88]

I am also have been hacked one time.
If you using online wallet: create one dedicated email for him and set another password. Use old computer only for btc operations, and type site adress manually in adress bar dont search blockchain info on google

[johnnz]

Thanks for sharing your advices with us and so sorry about your lost. Indeed, it's better NOT to save/share our important personal informations online (the lesser we share, the better we are)

PS: What you're going to do with your 2x second hand S3 antminers and 1x S1 antminer? Are you going to start mining Bitcoin again, or you're going to mine other alt coins?

Around June/July I had a massive power surge which unfortunately damaged my miners. I currently have nothing but I think ill save up to buy another miner.

[daringdiscovered]

Hello all, I been a long time reader here but have only recently signed up.
I started mining bitcoin in 2015. I saved up and brought 2x second hand s3 antminers and a 1x s1 antminer, I was really interested in the blockchain tech and had to have a piece of the pie.
I mined just over 4btc which had been sitting in my blockchain.info wallet. One day I couldn't access my email due to wrong password, I finally got access back into my email and noticed a few emails had been deleted as well as the one which contained my wallet details, lucky I had a .txt backup. Urgently I log into my wallet and found I had been a robbed, all my btc was gone. My heart sunk, I feel so bummed all that work and money for nothing.

My advice is
Dont keep you wallet details in your email or online at all.
If you have bitcoin dont tell anyone
Use an offline or physical wallet

Dont make the same mistake as me  

First I would just like to say how I’m very sorry for your loss and thank you for the heads up and advice. THIs is clearly an illustration how even if we get successful on this as long as it is not on our hands it can get lost or disappeared.

Losing our bitcoin is just normal, especially if we are just a newbie and we made a mistake about sending our bitcoin on a certain address that we didn't know accidentally, and what happened to you is like someone hacked your email, well, that happens a lot, I've also experienced that, luckily I've made my actions really quick on retrieving my email password because I know something is fishy, and it would be better if you are going to put 2FA security on your email.

[Casdinyard]

Actually, my brother once told me that because he saw me that I'm putting all the details in my email and in other online thing as it's really too dangerous like you can't really tell when they'll attack you. So I deleted it and wrote in a paper, laminated it and keep it in a safe place.
I can't imagine how I'll handle my emotions if my btc will loss in a glimpse of my eye, maybe on one can talk to me or I'll have many sleepless nights
OP, sorry for your loss and hope you can start your journey again.