This happened to James Howells ,a computer specialist in crypt-currency . He actually lost 7500 Bitcoins in 2009, which today equates to about 79 million of dollars : So here's the full story : back in 2009 James was already interested in Bitcoin and had managed to mine 7 500 Bitcoins in just one week. But at that time it wasn't really an incredible performance. Then he put aside his hard drive, and forgot it.
In 2013, the price of Bitcoin increased, crossing the threshold is 100 dollars. James then searched for his hard drive, the one on which were the private keys opening the access to the portfolio containing the Bitcoins. Unfortunately, he recalled getting rid of it , he said : '' In 2009, I mined over 7 500 coins in a single week. Four years later, I put two hard disks in a desk drawer. One was empty, while the other contained my private BTC keys. I was planning to throw out the empty drive – and I accidentally threw the one that contained the information opening access to my Bitcoins. »
So guys keep all your altcoins in safer place, it might be the next Bitcoin .
Source :
https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/man-accidentally-threw-away-79-million-worth-of-bitcoin/news-story/1953c4fabb451cc4944fbd354ea588dfIt's tragic story really.
I also remember another, funny story when one delivery boy received 1 btc for single pizza because man didn't have cash at the moment.
It happened also long time ago.
There are many such stories.
Many times we feel that something has no value but sometimes we are wrong.