This guy has lost 103 Bitcoins

[Verde_Mantis]

This guy has lost 103 bitcoins he mined back in 2011 and then lost his wallet dat file similar to what I have done but wow this guy must be gutted the amount of money he has lost compared to me  

His Address    166BuLPWHUjqoqiYp5rGE3B5r5AmqgHpoL    Final Balance   103.20832384 BTC

So many people have the same problem and I wonder just how much Bitcoin is stuck not being able to be used

He says "I used to mine Bitcoin back in 2011 and I lost my wallet.dat file (through several stupid moves on my part). It's got approx 103 BTC in it, anyone is welcome to it, I've given up trying."

Unfortunately it's something that happens quite often, on the web you can read plenty of stories like that one. Many people lost a lot, and I mean a lot, of bitcoin during the past years.

[furry04]

This is actually a kind of experience for someone who can never forget even if he would give all he has got. I hope that the guy is okay now. However in a new day new possibilities will come and instead of crying for the past we must focus on future and take more opportunities.

[befriendmywater]

This guy has lost 103 bitcoins he mined back in 2011 and then lost his wallet dat file similar to what I have done but wow this guy must be gutted the amount of money he has lost compared to me  

His Address    166BuLPWHUjqoqiYp5rGE3B5r5AmqgHpoL    Final Balance   103.20832384 BTC

So many people have the same problem and I wonder just how much Bitcoin is stuck not being able to be used

He says "I used to mine Bitcoin back in 2011 and I lost my wallet.dat file (through several stupid moves on my part). It's got approx 103 BTC in it, anyone is welcome to it, I've given up trying."

I've lost more than $ 3k just to lose my private key. I saved it in a spreadsheet and did not seem to affect it. But when I used it, my private key was no longer the same, it was changed by the small impact. So this is a lesson learned for us. Be careful in using wallets.

[Farrahyap27]

I cant imagine if im in the situation this is so sad and to top it all a lot of users are in this situation so it says a lot about Bitcoin security and that we all should learn a lesson from it. We should be able to secure our passwords but then again make sure that we will be able to access it still, especially thoese who does long term investments, there are a lot of ways to secure your passwords yet you can also ensure that you will be able to access it. It defeats the purpose of securing your coins when you secure it from everyone including yourself. That's just sad, words are not enough to describe it.

[jpnl0002]

I really do feel sorry for the young guy because thats a whole lot there and would take him a lot to recover from and please dieing or killing yourself is not the best option. Please do accept my sincere apologies and take heart

[shabinmathew23]

maybe he can try some data recovery there are so many  computer experts out there who can help him out
i wish i can make atleast 1 btc  this year 

[RiskySanchez]

Who would have thought if Bitcoin would become popular like this, no wonder if Bitcoin would be the perfect target of theft. it would be better to keep the BTC or wallet address safely without having to be published because we never got from where the Hacker came especially if it holds that much BTC. Keep your address safe and most importantly do not open your address to public places

[timemedicos]

my friend lost 1 BTC and he's shock. OMG if i were him, i would cry all day.

[BitGunner]

I think it is really awful, can't imagine how he feels but what to do , you need to go further and not think of such pity things which happended in the past , it is necessary to find the reason and not make the same mistake

[DJ_Rick]

Poor guy what to say, but we all take risks daily and we never know when we will win or lose. it is life and it is our fate. you need to be patient and think how to overcome this and move further in the right direction

[Wiwendefak]

I'm extremely sad for the person who lost his 103 huge coins. Actually, the Bitcoin supporters never felt that Bitcoin would get the cost. That which is everlastingly lost is never found back. So don't sit tight for the lost perpetually and push ahead.

[btcCoincart]

lots of wallets in the world have big amount of bitcoin, but no key or no access then you can't do nothing. I can write bunch of this news, just search for some big wallet and say that's mine LOL

[madjpm]

I lost about 42, same for me

[alkiw21]

That is a tremendous value. Surely that person felt deeply disappointed. But everything has happened and everything has passed. No need to think about it and make it a lesson. The best teacher is experience. So it should keep the spirit and not have to think about the past.

[desloratadine]

I've lost more than $ 3k just to lose my private key. I saved it in a spreadsheet and did not seem to affect it. But when I used it, my private key was no longer the same, it was changed by the small impact. So this is a lesson learned for us. Be careful in using wallets.

Do you still have that spreadsheet file?  Maybe if the spreadsheet program did not change the private key too much you can figure out how to undo the changes.  Try pasting some other bitcoin private keys into the same spreadsheet program, and then observe how they get changed.  They might not get modified after just pasting, so if not, save and reload the spreadsheet file.

I doubt a spreadsheet program would make random changes to the private key.  There is likely to be a "system" to the changes, which you can figure out and then reverse in order to recover your bitcoins.  If the "system" can lose information, you might be able to figure out a set of possibilities that is not too large to just try them all.  As an example, if the spreadsheet program turns all upper case letters into lowercase ones, and your private key as shown in the spreadsheet now is "aa" then you have to try the four possible originals "AA", "Aa", "aA" and "aa".

Hopefully you can get your bitcoins back.

Good luck!

[fernandoaleixo]

That's really sad! I hope he manages to recover his BTC even tho it's virtually impossible at this point, also I believe that was a dumb move he made I believe.

[jayveerastrullo]

That happens all the time during that time because they still do not know the future of bitcoin. Mining on 2011 would not take so much effort and money, during that time mining is so easy to do. Maybe if he realize soon the future of bitcoin he might do stuff like security and taking care of what he have.

[bentong talong]

That's really sad! I hope he manages to recover his BTC even tho it's virtually impossible at this point, also I believe that was a dumb move he made I believe.

It would be really hurt for him, 103 bitcoins is such a great amount. It could buy a lot of thing; thus, losing it is like losing his future as well especially when he is dependent on it.

[16sept]

Losing that amount of money is terrible, I also lost about 27 BTC last year, my case is that my iPhone got stolen and I forgot to backup the 12 words of MyCelium, I was pretty sick seeing the Bitcoin price climbing very fast at the end of 2017

[Lucio joe]

I'm really sorry for the guy who lost his 103 huge coins. In fact, the Bitcoin subscribers never thought that Bitcoin would get the price. That which is forever lost is never found back. So do not wait for the lost forever and move forward.