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November 28, 2013, 07:32:37 PM |
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Was listening to BBC radio 4 on the way home from work and they had a story about a guy looking for his hardrive in a landfill site. He purchased Bitcoins around 3 years ago and then just forgot about them, Three months ago he threw his old computer bits out including the hardrive with his Bitcoin address. He then realised how much Bitcoins had risen from 3 years ago. If he still had that hardrive he would have had 4 million pound worth of Bitcoins. He has been up on the landfill site looking for it and talking to the people who work at the landfill site his hardrive is buried and he has 0 chance of finding it. Wow I would be so gutted if that ever happened to me .. never throw away your old computer bits
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November 28, 2013, 07:36:26 PM |
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Yeah, I agree. Damn if you find something out like that you possibly shoot yourself.
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November 28, 2013, 07:52:51 PM |
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Nothing compared to allinvain's 25,000 BTC lost due to theft.
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November 29, 2013, 07:46:16 AM Last edit: November 29, 2013, 07:59:27 AM by jackjack |
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So fake my eyes are bleeding
Please stop trusting and spreading bullshit
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November 29, 2013, 08:06:31 AM |
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Therefore, one of the first things I did when I had my bitcoin address was to print out the address and the key ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif) BUT, I don't know where those papers are now ![Sad](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/sad.gif) Probably already in the landfill and I haven't realised yet ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
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November 29, 2013, 08:14:11 AM |
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if you have more than 1000 dollars worth of bitcoins it worth putting it all on a cold wallet and make a copy of that wallet to put in a safety deposit box.
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November 29, 2013, 08:16:31 AM |
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From the very start, all these crypto currencies are just that, currencies. They were supposed to be money. They should be treated like money. Ohhhh, welllll.....
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November 29, 2013, 10:15:31 AM |
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Well poor guy. I guess nobody would guess that BitCoin would raise so much. Never throw something worth money.. I have like 5 PC I use only 1 but i keep them around if anything happen.
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November 29, 2013, 10:19:24 AM |
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FANTASTIC! extra scarcity! Makes mine more valuable
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November 29, 2013, 10:29:43 AM |
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The guy supposedly works in IT and he:
1. Failed to keep any HDD backup; 2. Threw out the old HDD without checking it first; 3. Failed to destroy the HDD before throwing it out.
So if the story is to be believed he is some IT guy.
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November 29, 2013, 10:31:27 AM |
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Was listening to BBC radio 4 on the way home from work and they had a story about a guy looking for his hardrive in a landfill site. He purchased Bitcoins around 3 years ago and then just forgot about them, Three months ago he threw his old computer bits out including the hardrive with his Bitcoin address. He then realised how much Bitcoins had risen from 3 years ago. If he still had that hardrive he would have had 4 million pound worth of Bitcoins. He has been up on the landfill site looking for it and talking to the people who work at the landfill site his hardrive is buried and he has 0 chance of finding it. Wow I would be so gutted if that ever happened to me .. never throw away your old computer bits Small correction: he MINED them, not bought. Then his girlfriend complained his pc was too noisy and he quitted. ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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November 29, 2013, 12:00:43 PM |
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Even intelligent people don't apply to themselves what they ask for others.
I always make a total backup of my previous computer, my mails are in two places, "synchronised" by hand for I'm not that good in IT.
I have a safe in my house ad in my computer too.
I give my old PC to the school, not the landfill !!!
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November 29, 2013, 12:25:59 PM |
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Was listening to BBC radio 4 on the way home from work and they had a story about a guy looking for his hardrive in a landfill site. He purchased Bitcoins around 3 years ago and then just forgot about them, Three months ago he threw his old computer bits out including the hardrive with his Bitcoin address. He then realised how much Bitcoins had risen from 3 years ago. If he still had that hardrive he would have had 4 million pound worth of Bitcoins. He has been up on the landfill site looking for it and talking to the people who work at the landfill site his hardrive is buried and he has 0 chance of finding it. Wow I would be so gutted if that ever happened to me .. never throw away your old computer bits Small correction: he MINED them, not bought. Then his girlfriend complained his pc was too noisy and he quitted. ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Ok ok, lesson one, when it comes to Bitcoin never listen to your girlfriend !!
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November 29, 2013, 12:30:12 PM |
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Was listening to BBC radio 4 on the way home from work and they had a story about a guy looking for his hardrive in a landfill site. He purchased Bitcoins around 3 years ago and then just forgot about them, Three months ago he threw his old computer bits out including the hardrive with his Bitcoin address. He then realised how much Bitcoins had risen from 3 years ago. If he still had that hardrive he would have had 4 million pound worth of Bitcoins. He has been up on the landfill site looking for it and talking to the people who work at the landfill site his hardrive is buried and he has 0 chance of finding it. Wow I would be so gutted if that ever happened to me .. never throw away your old computer bits Small correction: he MINED them, not bought. Then his girlfriend complained his pc was too noisy and he quitted. ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) His girlfriend has now left him because he lost so much money. For pity's sake someone send him the Samaritan's phone number.
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November 29, 2013, 12:32:27 PM |
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Was listening to BBC radio 4 on the way home from work and they had a story about a guy looking for his hardrive in a landfill site. He purchased Bitcoins around 3 years ago and then just forgot about them, Three months ago he threw his old computer bits out including the hardrive with his Bitcoin address. He then realised how much Bitcoins had risen from 3 years ago. If he still had that hardrive he would have had 4 million pound worth of Bitcoins. He has been up on the landfill site looking for it and talking to the people who work at the landfill site his hardrive is buried and he has 0 chance of finding it. Wow I would be so gutted if that ever happened to me .. never throw away your old computer bits It was also on the BBC 6 oclock news, poor guy! I would think we'll hear more stories like this as their must have been a lot of people in 2009/10 who bought/mined for the fun for a few months then moved onto something else. ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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November 29, 2013, 12:35:58 PM |
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Youd think the landfill site company would have their diggers working day and night to find it, if he offers them 25%, theyve cleared £1mill for a few weeks work. ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
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November 29, 2013, 12:36:55 PM |
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Maybe this forum should get 20 volunteers, all to start searching this dump ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) Who knows, we might eventually find it, and cash in. That wouldn't be wrong would it?
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November 29, 2013, 12:39:07 PM |
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The guy supposedly works in IT and he:
1. Failed to keep any HDD backup; 2. Threw out the old HDD without checking it first; 3. Failed to destroy the HDD before throwing it out.
So if the story is to be believed he is some IT guy.
Because of these reasons I think it's a fake story and he just tries to get some Bitcoins from others.
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November 29, 2013, 12:50:29 PM |
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The guy supposedly works in IT and he:
1. Failed to keep any HDD backup; 2. Threw out the old HDD without checking it first; 3. Failed to destroy the HDD before throwing it out.
So if the story is to be believed he is some IT guy.
Because of these reasons I think it's a fake story and he just tries to get some Bitcoins from others. Actually this story can be found in a UK daily newspaper. He has no involvement with any Bitcoin forum and has not asked for any donations. There must be a thousand and one hard luck stories with having lost Bitcoins or sold cheaply. He is not unique.
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