I am recovering my BTC from 2015 lol

[Thirdspace]

... so i took the drive from laptop and recoverd wallet.dat file.
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so i purchased a server and now i am trying to get those coins back, ...

why would you need to purchase a server?
to crack password protected wallet or just to download full blockchain?
the image you posted shows core wallet synching up... so I assume for syncing and not cracking
wouldn't it be easier to just dump all private keys and recover using electrum or other spv wallets

[fulled]

congratulation for your 18 bitcoins, you are so lucky, i hope you can recover your sister bitcoin with no problem, anyway how much money you pay your sister for her bitcoin?

[tunapa]

This is just a luck for you.  Congrats to you and your sister.  That was a like form of long term investment for you both.  No one knew things would be like this that it even went to 19k . That's a massive whooping profit.  I think long term investement in cryptocurrency is still the best. 

[bitcoinfuck]

... so i took the drive from laptop and recoverd wallet.dat file.
~
so i purchased a server and now i am trying to get those coins back, ...

why would you need to purchase a server?
to crack password protected wallet or just to download full blockchain?
the image you posted shows core wallet synching up... so I assume for syncing and not cracking
wouldn't it be easier to just dump all private keys and recover using electrum or other spv wallets

i am developer myself, so i have lot of servers and i thought it would be easy to recover from core wallet

[bitcoinfuck]

congratulation for your 18 bitcoins, you are so lucky, i hope you can recover your sister bitcoin with no problem, anyway how much money you pay your sister for her bitcoin?

I really think it is still reasonable to tell your sister about the value of bitcoin now it is hers the first place and because you had recovered it for her you can simply ask her nicely about sharing some for you, I really think that is the best way to do and sharing the technology of bitcoin will surely not just a win for her but for you as well because right now she will be interested with bitcoin now, In my opinion family should comes first and you can still earn that bitcoin that had been scam to you, But still congrats in retrieving the lost bitcoin and just tell the truth about the value now because she might learn it somewhere else.

i already told her the current value of coins and she doesn't want anything since its been so long and she is so old then me, still i am thinking to pay her 300$ per BTC ( 50% profit ), reason is i know she will give $$ to her husband, i will hold the rest of coins, she is my sister so incase she needs more she can always say it.

[bitcoinfuck]

Its great that youre sister do not dump the laptop since she don't know how much value stored in his files.

yes we completely forgot about it, she is not into technology and she kept it in storage room .

[hubballi]

congratulation for your 18 bitcoins, you are so lucky, i hope you can recover your sister bitcoin with no problem, anyway how much money you pay your sister for her bitcoin?

I really think it is still reasonable to tell your sister about the value of bitcoin now it is hers the first place and because you had recovered it for her you can simply ask her nicely about sharing some for you, I really think that is the best way to do and sharing the technology of bitcoin will surely not just a win for her but for you as well because right now she will be interested with bitcoin now, In my opinion family should comes first and you can still earn that bitcoin that had been scam to you, But still congrats in retrieving the lost bitcoin and just tell the truth about the value now because she might learn it somewhere else.

i already told her the current value of coins and she doesn't want anything since its been so long and she is so old then me, still i am thinking to pay her 300$ per BTC ( 50% profit ), reason is i know she will give $$ to her husband, i will hold the rest of coins, she is my sister so incase she needs more she can always say it.

What you said is correct as you know that she will give to her husband so you wanted to protect her. That is good view as in future if she needs financial help then you can help her and tell her not to pay as it is her own money. Which will make her happy.

[geminiboy]

hello long story short,

back in 2015 i sent 18 something btc to my sister, as we were splitting family assets, i took some extra cash for those cash, later 2015 she moved out of country with her husband, and we lost touch. i think price was around 200$. now when i visited her after all these years i found out her laptop was damaged due to water spill and i suddenly remembered the bitcoins i sent her, so i took the drive from laptop and recoverd wallet.dat file.


so i purchased a server and now i am trying to get those coins back, and good thing is that my sister only wants $$ amount she doesn't believe in online tech, so its a lucky day for me. not to mention that i got scammed for 10 btc recently so its a really good thing to catch up.


AND FOR YOU GUYS I WILL POST NEW CHALLENGE HERE, just like i did before
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4547828.msg40951205#msg40951205

as soon i recover the bitcoins i will post new mystery challenge, and winner takes the btc

This kind of challenge is my weakness, even though I am interested in the gifts offered but this is beyond my ability, before you have hidden the btc prize with the amount of 0.169btc, this is amazing for you
I hope you will soon recover your bitcoin

[amrulshare]

the best luck for you, congratulation man. You have to manage your money as well and learn from mistakes. I hope I can be luck as you   

[kryptqnick]

it means a lot to you, you can be lucky to be able to recover a number of lost BTTCs in 2015. an amazing thing you will get because the price is now BTC to a higher position than 2015

It's also pretty amazing that the op totally forgot about those 18 bitcoins he gave to her sister and decided to look into it only now.
The price is low and if you have enough fiat to make it up to her, I think it is a mutually beneficial thing. However, it's pretty much like buying 18 bitcoins on any decent exchange right now, no? It's not like she wants 18 btc under the $200 price, right? In case she does, I think you should give her at least a half of the real price for it to be fair. Good luck for those bitcoins!

[cxmyifan16]

Hello, the interesting story you have. To my mind, it is good that you have managed to do this! I like btc and i am careful with it keeping it for the long-term and using Binance which i consider to be the reliable platform now

[Kikeeping]

back in 2015 i sent 18 something btc to my sister, as we were splitting family assets

i dont know your sister agree or not when you bring him laptop and recovery him bitcoin you gived. you have to give him some value and say to him about your work.  how much time when you already download that core already, bitcoin will be rise and you got profit

[aoluain]

This is a great story, it highlights how Bitcoin wallets from the early days have
been forgotten, disgarded and temporarily forgotten. The destroyed wallets
held the truly lost coins but it is really good to see the OP recovering what was
previously forgotten, well done and best of luck.

[jojohamasa]

I congratulate you on this good news
I always think that we may all happen to this position to us and I mean
Those who stand against encryption now will be like your sister
Either we are a crypto community who bear the pressure
We will inevitably be like you someday

Do not forget to give your sister some money
Encourage her to join us and her family.

[irsykes]

2015 until now is a good spread of price, at least you get profit a lot. Something that can recovered back like bitcoin wallet can be example that it is better to save bitcoin ini hardware wallet. Because you still have chance to recover it when you loss your wallet.

[kotajikikox]

Wow good for you and congrats for the long time ago forgotten investment, in not expected time you got good profits earning because as you at time you sent bitcoin in your sister price is in the lower value, then now even if people this current price of bitcoin is in the lower price it's obvious you get huge of profits.

That one pf the proof holding of bitcoin in long term are very profitable, thank for sharing your experience

[Jocuserious]

That's is really great think and congratulations for getting recovery Bitcoin your sisters and family asset.good your sisters holding planning, I'm sure your sisters buy Bitcoin when price goes down then she got it sell decide when Bitcoin price going up.it is the good profitable ways and now you can keep your expensive experience.i hope again your and your sisters will get more and more profit.

[smartbitcoininvestor]

Congratulations my man  ! Sounds like quite a haul. The wonders of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity like Bitcoin doesn't come around often.

[Maricel2017]

Congrats dude you already recover big amount of money, but much better if you recover that btc when the value of bitcoin is on the highest peak you will be instant millionaire. By the way it was good to get that btc than it was totally trash.

[bitcoinfuck]

Congrats dude you already recover big amount of money, but much better if you recover that btc when the value of bitcoin is on the highest peak you will be instant millionaire. By the way it was good to get that btc than it was totally trash.

i had 30+ btc then when btc reached 19k $ still i didn't sold & i am not selling now either