I just lost my entire wallet of 13 BTC.

[Vendetta666]

My goodness, your 13 btc stolen? This is really so sad. You've lost your money in a snap. Whoever takes it, he will not give it back. Especially huge amount is taken.
It's always remind for being careful because scammer is everywhere. Do not expose the private key because that's important. What happens to you is a bad thing, this is a lesson to you and reminder to others.

[Cryptohad]

Are you serious ? you lose a lot of BTC in your wallet?
I think you are very sad, and of course you will experience bad days.

anyone who receives BTC from him, please return it to him.

and you, you better wait and be patient, do not be pessimistic and always have the spirit, I hope this incident does not make you weak.

[cryptosec.info]

I think you are very sad, and of course you will experience bad days.

I think "sad" is a huge huge understatement.

anyone who receives BTC from him, please return it to him.

Even though I wish that the hacker gives OP back his/her funds, the chances are pretty much next to zero, unfortunately.

[keycellko]

That's just so sad. I know its a pain in he ass sometimes to want more than what we have but we can never control it. Sometimes we get greedy, but hey, we earned it. We worked our way to get it. Im not blaming you for wanting more. We are all victims of this. What we just need to think is, if by wanting more, we lose everything, then just want what you think is enough to satisfy your needs.

[Meraki]

Cautionary Tale: I messed up. Big time. Please don’t pile on harder as I’m already sick to my stomach.

NEVER EXPOSE YOUR BTC KEYS/Seed to an forked wallet.

Two days ago, I attempted to split my BTC Diamond and BTC Private. I could not get it.

At some point, I exposed my Ledger Nano with my BTC on it, to each of their Electrum Wallets.

Last night, my wallet was emptied of ALL my BTC, 13+ coins.

Here is the transaction.


Transaction Identifier: d96a7dcd9775456e36938ed2cb84e9d0cac46fad14b8c95008ed77d08f9f8de6

Went to: 3LsvHPBGuEVLZZDUiUuNdNi33T7zmTBC7o

Here’s a signed message so you know I HAD controller of the wallet.
I’m not scamming, just utterly sick to my stomach for losing 13+ BTC.

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
@TheShillBilly Twitter

I've lost all my coins. Please help ANYONE. If you stole them
Please return them! Please Please Please!  RT to help...

-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
1QFFas4xGSy1p1Kj2ghyD6BJhVDmwWmyKb
H744TwI8rhqMHinDQdTtYiw3JGie9oC/p6XaUcPz25pzUcEoK0cakF0p1mBPZehnJk1PP8JgtEgte2OvDZXAr3g=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

It appears that I have now lost my entire life savings. I’m not begging for a handout but rather attempting to warn anyone new to the space. I’m sick to my stomach with the loss and my only hope is to gain the attention of the culprit.

If you have any space in your heart, please return the BTC. I’d accept a fraction of what was stolen. Please don’t completely bankrupt me.

It's very sad for you men, I hope that the culprit will return you just a little bit so you can start with trading with small amount. To other users out there protect your belongings very well and dont hold much and especially dont invest all you have you must still learn to save for good. My advice dude is to talk to someone and dont get depress even though its big.

[DAVETUN]

This is unbelieveable, a sad and devastating news for anyone to bear, caution is the key in the cryptocurrency space as you are you own security. If you keep appealing,there is a possibilty of accessing some of the it

[TheShillBilly]

I really appreciate each of your comments, condolences and criticisms.

Personally, I’m an emotional wreck. Every time I think about this, i just start shaking. I’m NOT suicidal to be clear. It’s just really hard to think my financial freedom from this whole fucking rigged system is gone. The whole reason I entered this space was to have control over my destiny. I’m helpless to the cosmos. Maybe this is a lesson that I was helpless all along. Please, if you’re out there, spare me from my mistakes.

[eance]

I'm sure you are much better knowledgeable individual today. I know its hard but we all make mistakes. My advice to you get up take your time and then you could restart with much more tools, knowledge to do 100% better than before. You will see time will help you heal and restart what you want the most. Dont lose hope. tc
I got scammed by LTCGEAR and I'm doing much better than before thanks to that experience.

[BinManR]

It is hard to imagine hackers doing such bad things. In fact, I can not imagine and endorse any way or method. Unlike MEW, bitcoins are safer. Unfortunately. It's relatively high value right now.

[Svelto]

Oh dear, sorry to hear about the hack on your wallet. I am sure you don’t feel good to lost your life savings.

Thank you for sharing to remind others to be careful. Although, I don’t think the hackers will return your 13 BTC but I wish some miracles will happen to you.

[RawDog]

I really appreciate each of your comments, condolences and criticisms.

Personally, I’m an emotional wreck. Every time I think about this, i just start shaking. I’m NOT suicidal to be clear. It’s just really hard to think my financial freedom from this whole fucking rigged system is gone. The whole reason I entered this space was to have control over my destiny. I’m helpless to the cosmos. Maybe this is a lesson that I was helpless all along. Please, if you’re out there, spare me from my mistakes.

You would have easily been a millionaire before the end of the year.  Now, you gonna have to work the rest of your life for nothing.

[Nicolaus Copernicus]

I am really sorry to hear that. I cant imagine how much pain you are going through right now. But life is all about ups and down. Don't loose hope, maybe something bigger is waiting for you in the future. Still its 13 bitcoin !!! I dont know what will i do if i lost them all. Anyway i will pray for you and hope you can overcome with this situation.  

[batang_bitcoin]

Man, I'm shock to this and though it's not mine I really feel sorry about your loss.

Now, you gonna have to work the rest of your life for nothing.

Motivate him instead of telling this, there's still enough time to ride before bitcoin gets on bull.

Personally, I’m an emotional wreck. Every time I think about this, i just start shaking. I’m NOT suicidal to be clear. It’s just really hard to think my financial freedom from this whole fucking rigged system is gone. The whole reason I entered this space was to have control over my destiny. I’m helpless to the cosmos. Maybe this is a lesson that I was helpless all along. Please, if you’re out there, spare me from my mistakes.

Mate just don't think of anything that's near to suicidal and it's good to hear from you that you aren't. It's normal to have that feeling of being emotional wreck and you shake. This isn't the end if you have a day job, you can still grow your money by re-investing again.

[mindrust]

Damn... I can empathize with you very well. Few months ago I thought I lost my coins because of a stupid mistake too. Then I recovered them thanks to the forum people.

People usually don't understand how important it is to secure your private keys/seeds, wallet files or your PC in general till they actually become a victim.

Many old members warned MEW users to be careful yet many people still got hacked. They warned us to keep our keys offline and not to install shady software to your computer while you have important files in it, yet we still do. If you keep btc/keys in your hot (connected to internet) PC which is already risky, at least install these shady altcoin wallets on your Virtual Machine.

Btw I just learned this BitcoinDiamond has a closed source code only. It screams SCAM!

[TheShillBilly]

I’m way more redpilled to realize I’d be a USD ‘millionaire’.
I’d have the same amount of BTC as I had before the hack.
1BTC=1BTC


1 Month ago, I was notified my position on our Program is ending next Spring 2019.
My Corp is retaining me until then. When I was told this, I actually felt a sense of freedom to explore the world.
My plan was to HODL until next year and reevaluate.
Maybe sell the house? Maybe pay off the house and find a new life path.
Starting a new career and use my BTC as the startup capital. Advance adoption through usage.
All that seems to have shattered...


Anyone support a hardfork to recover? Totally kidding. Immutable means immutable.  

[Odelkaleng]

It's really very unfortunate, I who know it alone feel very sad and shocked. It seems that it could happen because of our own mistakes or indeed there are who can hack all the wallet you have. It is true in need of more security if such cases are frequent.

[TTITA]

~snip~
You made 2 big mistakes:
1. You kept too much money in one wallet.
2. You tried to get forked coins without moving out your real money away first.
~snip~

I think he fully understand keeping all Btc in 1 wallet because he want claim it as much as he can by counting it in block fork. Even many suggestion that shouldn't keep it into 1 place, but none can predict what happen with our fate.

And people, including me, were repeating it over and over. I think I even saw theymos write it.
It's not worth it to risk your BTC to get a couple dollars worth of a forked coin. Especially one of those new forks like diamond, god and so on.
You can quite safely get your BCH and BTG, but always think about it. Do you need another 100$ at the cost of 10k?
~snip~

This is good advice to be able to control our greed. Because i'm sure with that 13BTC Op can gain more profit by just holding it or doing trading.

[TheShillBilly]

It's really very unfortunate, I who know it alone feel very sad and shocked. It seems that it could happen because of our own mistakes or indeed there are who can hack all the wallet you have. It is true in need of more security if such cases are frequent.

I’m taking full responsibility for this security breech. It was my fault and I have to live with the consequences.

Bitcoin is the accumulation of all that is good and all that is bad within society. If self sovereign money is possible, it’s incumbent upon me to have secured my money better. I thought I was taking good precautions. I was wrong.

[vintages]

I can imagine how you feel. It's really so painful cause 13 BTCs are really a lot of money. I have read a lot of comments here and they are quite encouraging and also a lot to learn. And I must really commend you for staying strong because many people in your situation might have done something bad to themselves. Just want to ask, have you consider tracking down the wallet of the hackers?  I know there might be a little chance, but it's worth trying. 

[TheShillBilly]

I have not actively sought out who holds the BTC.
The BTC looks to have moved a couple times and has been still for a short bit.
It’s out of my hands completely as to whether it gets returned or not.
I truly hope they find it in their heart to return it and release me from this nightmare.
I’m very humbled by the experience and will be changing my OPSec going forward regardless.