What is going to happened to the lost bitcoins??

[donbu7]

What is going to happen to the lost bitcoins??

I mean there are many different ways to lose BTC, for instance I started mining and after 4 days I just got 0.00000885 BTC, so I stop mining and I can not get the BTC out because at BitcoinCZ in order to withdraw money you must have at least .01 BTC so I will just leave the very little BTC I got mining and then they will get lost.

And for sure I am not the only one who is in the same situation, and also there are other ways to lose BTC, So the question is what is going to happen with those BTC lost?  will they ever be recover? will they be replace?

[MaxBTC1]

There's a graveyard somewhere deep and hidden along with all my lost socks and tootbrushes

[cyclops]

Neither replaced or recovered, lost forever! Or until a Quantum computer breaks private keys

Look at it this way: For each coin lost the others increase their value (as the have to absorb the value of the first coin.)

[irpirate]

There's a graveyard somewhere deep and hidden along with all my lost socks and tootbrushes

How do you even lose a toothbrush 

As for the the lost bitcoins, they'll remain lost.

[JessicaSe]

What is going to happen to the lost bitcoins??

I mean there are many different ways to lose BTC, for instance I started mining and after 4 days I just got 0.00000885 BTC, so I stop mining and I can not get the BTC out because at BitcoinCZ in order to withdraw money you must have at least .01 BTC so I will just leave the very little BTC I got mining and then they will get lost.

And for sure I am not the only one who is in the same situation, and also there are other ways to lose BTC, So the question is what is going to happen with those BTC lost?  will they ever be recover? will they be replace?

Its not gone forever but its in BitcoinCZ forever until you do something to it

[kik1977]

What is going to happen to the lost bitcoins??

I mean there are many different ways to lose BTC, for instance I started mining and after 4 days I just got 0.00000885 BTC, so I stop mining and I can not get the BTC out because at BitcoinCZ in order to withdraw money you must have at least .01 BTC so I will just leave the very little BTC I got mining and then they will get lost.

And for sure I am not the only one who is in the same situation, and also there are other ways to lose BTC, So the question is what is going to happen with those BTC lost?  will they ever be recover? will they be replace?

Its not gone forever but its in BitcoinCZ forever until you do something to it

+1 They will probably deactivate your account at some point, look at their terms of reference to know when. At that point they will take your satoshis! Not lost in this case, that's for sure!

[BitchicksHusband]

Neither replaced or recovered, lost forever! Or until a Quantum computer breaks private keys

Look at it this way: For each coin lost the others increase their value (as the have to absorb the value of the first coin.)

But isn't that the day that ALL bitcoins are lost?

[Barek]

But isn't that the day that ALL bitcoins are lost?

If 0.01% Bitcoins are lost everyday, how long does it take for all of them to be lost?

[bythesea]

Probably nothing

[rpietila]

But isn't that the day that ALL bitcoins are lost?

If 0.01% Bitcoins are lost everyday, how long does it take for all of them to be lost?

After 900 years, there will be 11 satoshi left.

[Barek]

After 900 years, there will be 11 satoshi left.

Along the way more digits can be added, making those satoshis infinitely divisible. Today's 64 bit is somewhat arbitrary.

We'll let future generations sort that out.

[theecoinomist]

What is going to happen to the lost bitcoins??

I mean there are many different ways to lose BTC, for instance I started mining and after 4 days I just got 0.00000885 BTC, so I stop mining and I can not get the BTC out because at BitcoinCZ in order to withdraw money you must have at least .01 BTC so I will just leave the very little BTC I got mining and then they will get lost.

And for sure I am not the only one who is in the same situation, and also there are other ways to lose BTC, So the question is what is going to happen with those BTC lost?  will they ever be recover? will they be replace?

in this scenario I would assume BitcoinCZ eventually gets the coins..

[Johnny Bitcoinseed]

Ask the US Postal Service where all their lost packages went.  Nobody knows, gone with the wind.

[jeppe]

They are lost forever :/ its sad but there is no way of recovering the lost coins :/

[superduh]

TBH in the next few years they need to write a script

if bitcoin hasn't moved addresses in 50 years then block those coins and redistribute as block reward.

thatd be neat

[rpietila]

Why, that would just be plain stealing, wouldn't it, Mr. President?

[superduh]

Why, that would just be plain stealing, wouldn't it, Mr. President?

no, if noone touches the coins for 50 years you'd be stealing from a dead person or someone who doesn't care to have them. common sense

[cyclops]

Why, that would just be plain stealing, wouldn't it, Mr. President?

no, if noone touches the coins for 50 years you'd be stealing from a dead person or someone who doesn't care to have them. common sense

Ok then, this man bought them at his 20s, saved them for a retirement then when he is 70 years old you take his coins?

Imagine you have a property you don't use and someone takes it from you, What is this? Comunism!

[xan_The_Dragon]

why do people insist on redistributing long lost coins, if all the coins inactive for a year were redistributed, it would most likely crash the price due to the huge increase in supply

[Lauda]

Neither replaced or recovered, lost forever! Or until a Quantum computer breaks private keys

Look at it this way: For each coin lost the others increase their value (as the have to absorb the value of the first coin.)

Quantum computers will probably never be able to do that.