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December 23, 2017, 11:17:46 PM |
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Sorry to anyone that reads this, and feels like they wasted their time.
To preface: I am not super tech savvy, but I am not tech illiterate. Let me also say this--I was in college at the time of all of this, and let's just say, some of my memory is hazy.
In 2009, I learned about Bitcoin. I remember taking the time to look up how to mine Bitcoin, and found it interesting. I took the time to download, and install, and begin to run the mining software. At the time, I had very little clue what was going on. I remember going through the steps to set everything up. I even vaguely remember watching it work (numbers and stuff). I had no idea what any of it meant, but know that I ran the software for some time---how much, I'm not sure, could be 1 hour, could be a few days or a month.
I have always remembered doing this, and it has even come up in conversation with some buddies of mine from the time period.
Now, within a year of downloading, installing, and running the software, I bought a new computer. Something happened with the one I had the software on, and the warranty was out, so I just upgraded computers. I still have the HDD though.
Now, I guess my question has a couple of parts:
1. Is it possible that I set everything up, ran the software, and somehow mined any bitcoin? (If no, then ignore the rest, and sorry for wasting your time) 2. Is it possible that I have it still on that HDD from that computer in a wallet? 3. Is there a way to retrieve it?
I know this all seems a little nuts--just know that I have kept this in mind since 2009, which is why I still have the computer and the HDD--I have destroyed computers and HDDs since, but have held onto this one. Perhaps I'm crazy, but before I went and wasted a bunch of time, I wanted to get some outsiders thoughts that may know more than me.
Sorry for the long post, and don't know if any of it makes sense.
Thanks
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