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December 15, 2013, 02:04:49 AM
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I was drinking vodka one night last week and took a paper wallet out of the safe to look at the address on blockchain.info.

Lets just say I now laminate the paper for easy cleaning after the vodka came back up while I was trying to concentrate on getting the correct address.

That is all.

Have you ever been drunk/high and done something with your bitcoins that you shouldn't ?

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December 15, 2013, 02:22:22 AM
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I was drinking vodka one night last week and took a paper wallet out of the safe to look at the address on blockchain.info.

Lets just say I now laminate the paper for easy cleaning after the vodka came back up while I was trying to concentrate on getting the correct address.

That is all.

Have you ever been drunk/high and done something with your bitcoins that you shouldn't ?
You are probably the first guy that puked on his BTC. As they say, there's a first time for everything  Grin

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December 15, 2013, 02:28:27 AM
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I was drinking vodka one night last week and took a paper wallet out of the safe to look at the address on blockchain.info.

Lets just say I now laminate the paper for easy cleaning after the vodka came back up while I was trying to concentrate on getting the correct address.

That is all.

Have you ever been drunk/high and done something with your bitcoins that you shouldn't ?

Haha funny storyand no never happened to me. If it ever does (let's hope it doesn't) I'll remember this story  Grin

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December 15, 2013, 02:32:16 AM
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How much did you lose?
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December 15, 2013, 02:34:53 AM
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could u recover them ??
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December 15, 2013, 02:41:36 AM
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How much did you lose?

Luckily I didnt pass out afterwards so I managed to wipe the paper clean. I just had to print more copies and laminate them in case of future drinking sessions. In retrospect buying the vodka with a gift card purchased with bitcoins was an unwise investment decision lol.


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December 15, 2013, 02:42:20 AM
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I was drinking vodka one night last week and took a paper wallet out of the safe to look at the address on blockchain.info.

Lets just say I now laminate the paper for easy cleaning after the vodka came back up while I was trying to concentrate on getting the correct address.

That is all.

Have you ever been drunk/high and done something with your bitcoins that you shouldn't ?
You are probably the first guy that puked on his BTC. As they say, there's a first time for everything  Grin

I should create the vanity address 1Puke  lol

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December 15, 2013, 02:42:45 AM
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Lol!

Possibly a drunkproof safe that makes you do simple maths problems before it releases the lock?

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December 15, 2013, 02:46:28 AM
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Lol!

Possibly a drunkproof safe that makes you do simple maths problems before it releases the lock?

You would think remembering the combination would be all the proof of work you need, but no Tongue

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December 15, 2013, 02:48:54 AM
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I need a bitcoin wallet I can stick in the freezer that takes a few hours to thaw out before use. By the time it does you can rethink your purchase decisions....

I did this with a credit card one time and it worked surprisingly well.

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December 15, 2013, 02:56:20 AM
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That's a classic - and indeed it works! Yet another reason to laminate your bitcoins Smiley

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December 15, 2013, 03:05:01 AM
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I was drinking vodka one night last week and took a paper wallet out of the safe to look at the address on blockchain.info.

Lets just say I now laminate the paper for easy cleaning after the vodka came back up while I was trying to concentrate on getting the correct address.

That is all.

Have you ever been drunk/high and done something with your bitcoins that you shouldn't ?
You are probably the first guy that puked on his BTC. As they say, there's a first time for everything  Grin

I should create the vanity address 1Puke  lol

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December 15, 2013, 03:19:55 AM
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I was drinking vodka one night last week and took a paper wallet out of the safe to look at the address on blockchain.info.

Lets just say I now laminate the paper for easy cleaning after the vodka came back up while I was trying to concentrate on getting the correct address.

That is all.

Have you ever been drunk/high and done something with your bitcoins that you shouldn't ?

Being tired is almost the same as being drunk in terms of lack of concentration.

Once I sent coins to the wrong dude, and I didn't have any contact information. After a whole lot of research I finally found his mothers phone number and called her, and luckily he was present, and immediately agreed to move the bitcoins back to me.

Another time a friend of mine sent bitcoins to a wrong wallet, but I had anticipated it could happen, so I always stored old wallets on a backup for exactly those purposes, and I was able to pull out the old wallet, load it and reclaim the coins.
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December 15, 2013, 03:23:19 AM
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Being tired is almost the same as being drunk in terms of lack of concentration.

Once I sent coins to the wrong dude, and I didn't have any contact information. After a whole lot of research I finally found his mothers phone number and called her, and luckily he was present, and immediately agreed to move the bitcoins back to me.

You got the coins back because the guy was honest. This sort of behavior is extremely rare in the Bitcoin sector. I have even heard of an incident where a handicapped man was robbed of his Bitcoins (He was there to exchange his coins for USD. But the other guy took the coins, and walked away without bothering to pay up).
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December 15, 2013, 03:36:46 AM
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Being tired is almost the same as being drunk in terms of lack of concentration.

Once I sent coins to the wrong dude, and I didn't have any contact information. After a whole lot of research I finally found his mothers phone number and called her, and luckily he was present, and immediately agreed to move the bitcoins back to me.

You got the coins back because the guy was honest. This sort of behavior is extremely rare in the Bitcoin sector. I have even heard of an incident where a handicapped man was robbed of his Bitcoins (He was there to exchange his coins for USD. But the other guy took the coins, and waled away without bothering to pay up).

Well, I had the name of the dude and his bank account number, and he lived in the same country as me, so eventually if I'd not been able to track him (which actually was quite difficult, despite having his name), I would've contacted the bank, and if that didn't work out, I'd contact the police to have them help getting his contact info. Not sure how that'd turn out, but luckily he was honest and did return the coins.

Edit: Also, I would've been able to actually find his address, so if he didn't pay - I would've actually gone there to convince him it was the only right thing to do. But since he paid up without a hitch, there was no reason to initiate any of the emergency plans.
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December 15, 2013, 04:55:36 AM
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Being tired is almost the same as being drunk in terms of lack of concentration.

Once I sent coins to the wrong dude, and I didn't have any contact information. After a whole lot of research I finally found his mothers phone number and called her, and luckily he was present, and immediately agreed to move the bitcoins back to me.

You got the coins back because the guy was honest. This sort of behavior is extremely rare in the Bitcoin sector. I have even heard of an incident where a handicapped man was robbed of his Bitcoins (He was there to exchange his coins for USD. But the other guy took the coins, and waled away without bothering to pay up).

Thats cold bro.

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December 15, 2013, 05:24:32 AM
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Funny story ! Tongue
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December 15, 2013, 08:30:26 AM
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I'm guilty of some "enhanced" trading...after a few losses I quit doing that  Cheesy

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December 15, 2013, 02:52:11 PM
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I need a bitcoin wallet I can stick in the freezer that takes a few hours to thaw out before use. By the time it does you can rethink your purchase decisions....
I did this with a credit card one time and it worked surprisingly well.
Laminate the paper wallet, put it in some opaque liquid and freeze it.
No way to read it until it thaws. Wink

Yeah, well, I'm gonna go build my own blockchain. With blackjack and hookers! In fact forget the blockchain.
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December 15, 2013, 03:03:09 PM
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Don't feel bad. I was drinking a lot of bourbon a couple days ago. Right as I was about to pass out in bed, I got a request to release escrow. Normally, I'd just wait until the morning, but I was using caffeinated liquid flavor enhancer and apparently decided I was of sound-enough mind. I sent the BTC.... to the wrong address. I quickly deleted mempool in Armory, which completely fcked it up and was too late to prevent the broadcast. Needing to make up for my mistake, I then re-sent the BTC from personal funds. By this point, Armory was completely confused and hadn't registered the transactions internally. Did a rescan and rebuild overnight, and only in the morning did I realize that for the second time, I sent funds to the same wrong address... again. So I recently had to change USD to BTC on Bitfinex to pay out. Guy I accidentally sent to has been non-responsive.

Absolutely the dumbest way I've ever lost $3k. I'd only just started drinking again because my mood improved and I wasn't worried about it becoming some kind of crutch. Now I'm off alcohol for the rest of my life, I think.

ETA: I remember now I also got a call from Craig from Bees Brothers when I finished sending off $3k to a black hole. I have no idea what I said to him. Cheesy
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