How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage.

[pixie85]

check out the heavy duty nail guns used in construction. some are pneumatic (used in framing a lot), some even use .22 blanks to drive nails into concrete. nailing through a hard drive is no problem.

OP said "hammered", which kinda implies a hand-held hammer but perhaps you're right. I've seen a Ramset in action, that thing is savage. Also insane to use on anything other than prescribed materials (like a 2x4 to concrete) but we're talking about someone allegedly thinking that a hard drive is a tool holder so fair game.

I have disassembled some hard drives in my life and the bottom part is pretty hard alu cast and the top is a sheet of steel. I can't imagine even a pneumatic nail gun breaking through this.

As you can see below an HDD can stop a normal pistol bullet. Not a match for rifles, but a nail? Please.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvMpXv5U7R8

Also what tools was that supposed to hold? Did he drill holes in it for bits and screwdrivers?

[suchmoon]

I have disassembled some hard drives in my life and the bottom part is pretty hard alu cast and the top is a sheet of steel. I can't imagine even a pneumatic nail gun breaking through this.

As you can see below an HDD can stop a normal pistol bullet. Not a match for rifles, but a nail? Please.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvMpXv5U7R8

Well, since we're doing youtube... I honestly didn't believe "ramset hard drive" would yield any results but apparently every stupid thing has been done by someone somewhere:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5ftAV8vD14

It took the guy in the video a few tries mainly because he was fumbling with the gun but he literally nailed a hard drive to a piece of wood and there was a hammer involved so I'll count that as "hammering" LOL. The screen grab below was taken after the hard drive was pried off the piece of wood and you can see the nail went all the way through the top cover and through the aluminum casing:


Edited 2020-11-30 to fix a broken image

Here is another one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuRFufBbnmc

[pixie85]

The things people do in their free time never cease to amaze me.

After some digging I found this guy who tests types of nail guns on hard drives and one (a concrete nailer) manages to get the job done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC46fVL9VLA

It stil doesn't explain the tool holder part.

[vapourminer]

^^

i can see a new hobby for me. i have like a hundred old hard drives (literally.. maybe slightly less but not by much). plus a nail gun that uses .22 blanks (nasty kick that thing has) and several sledge hammers.

once im out of the hospital from getting broken bones set and the the random hard drive pieces removed from my body ill try to post pics.

[NeuroticFish]

It's an idiotic story, but it's completely true...

Sorry, I don't believe this.
MtGox was all over the news and since then Bitcoin kept getting into the news. And its price too.
So 30-40 BTC would have been 3.5-4.5k in 2014 and from that point no way you would leave your coins unattended.

Nice SF though.

PS. Also quite interesting that basically only me and Gazeta were concerned about the truth of the story.

[libert19]

Honestly, don't feel to bad about it. Whatever bitcoin's value was at that time in 2011, chances are, you would've probably sold when bitcoin doubled/tripled/quadrupled/etc. It's easy to assume that there were a lot of people back then that probably wasn't bullish, or even thought that it would even reach $100(what more $19,800?).

Also, hey. It's not too late!

I mean he remembered he had some Bitcoin in 2017, it was pretty decent amount even then.

[suchmoon]

PS. Also quite interesting that basically only me and Gazeta were concerned about the truth of the story.

The story can't be verified and doesn't really make much of a difference since the OP is not selling anything. So might as well relax and go along with it. I'm still hoping to find out how the drive was attached to the wall and what tools it was supposed to hold.

[NeuroticFish]

The story can't be verified and doesn't really make much of a difference since the OP is not selling anything. So might as well relax and go along with it. I'm still hoping to find out how the drive was attached to the wall and what tools it was supposed to hold.

The point also was that since it's a made up story, the "nailed" part and the use of that could also be made up (and may not be realistic enough).
But I won't interfere more.

[Lordhermes]

So many users hadn't known the value of bitcoin as of then, similar case happened to me early 2016 but mine wasn't hard drive or something, mine was about ponzi scheme, using 0.5btc for that and it hurts. 30-40 btc could have changed your environment. So sorry mate, it's never too late to increase your portfolio of btc.

[suchmoon]

The point also was that since it's a made up story, the "nailed" part and the use of that could also be made up (and may not be realistic enough).
But I won't interfere more.

But we've been promised pictures!

[Peanutswar]

It feels bad to you mate but we cannot blame anyone right now because it's better to love your grandfather than having a bad argument that gives you both a bad feeling it's better to enjoy your life right now.

Can't imagine your face if you caught in the act while hitting your hard drive with the hammer every hit feels a heartache.

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The more likely scenario is someone opening it up to find a confetti of shattered metal.

Probably, since hard drives were pretty sensitive  .

I couldn't imagine the reaction of his grandpa if he found 'bout that tool holder he has would be able to buy him a decent garage whole new garage.

What a waste  . I feel bad just like anybody else here. But that's it, just move on, if nothing else?, so if OP can find a way to recover those stuff which I doubt would be possible given the scenario, then great. Well on a second thought, there was no rush on getting hold of some BTC again, in the first place  .

Even we want to forgot all of the things happened every time you are lonely this is the time sadness and regret in lifes attack that what if you got your bitcoin and not too loss this. It's hard to forget a large amount of money in just one hammer.

[vapourminer]

when you really get down to it a lot of us early miners lost far more than that just playing with wallets, no current backups, whatever. lot of potential fiat (say at 10 grand per coin at todays value, but of course much less then as it was at like 10 bucks a coin) were willingly spent or lost  (testing wallets, pools, exchanges etc) to test the system.

not to minimize your loss. as that does suck.

it will suck starting from scratch again but try to start stacking again.

[Mrengage]

This story is hilarious, but that's a huge loss how wish you believed in it. You would have become a f***king billionaire today. Any ways it's a story to tell your grate grand children yet born.

[erikoy]

This story is hilarious, but that's a huge loss how wish you believed in it. You would have become a f***king billionaire today. Any ways it's a story to tell your grate grand children yet born.

Yes, pretty sure this is why we need to consider things that may have going to value in the future. There are many things to consider but one can come up to a decision one what things could have greater value in the future. In my case I am holding coins that could be melt down and be made into a wedding ring. But there are other valuable things I consider and bitcoin is one good thing to consider.

This post is good for everyone to learn with how should we treat bitcoin. As time.passes by bitcoin could go high and we do not know if we could get good money on it in the future.

[nutildah]

I am a nasty cyber-punk who learned about bitcoin back in 2011 and got my first bitcoins at that time, I just mined them on my work computer, while doing my own business, which did not bother me much, by those standards, my computer was quite powerful.
I didn't have many bitcoins, only around 30-40, I don't remember exactly, at that time it was only a few dollars (February)

So you mined a block and then either gave away, traded, or sold 10-20 bitcoins in February 2011?



Going by his posts since this one, this guy was looking to establish some "cred" via merits before running some currency exchange scams.

The story can't be verified and doesn't really make much of a difference since the OP is not selling anything.

This has since changed.

Not only do I think OP was here farming merits to help him run a scam, I think I know who he was in past incarnations as well. But this can all be disproved with pictures of a hard drive turned into a key holder. Just take 2 pictures of it next to a piece of paper with the day's date, and I'll apologize, and even give you the 3 last merits you need to make Member status.

[suchmoon]

This has since changed.

Good point. Didn't quite work though - no bids.

[Smartvirus]

Wow! You know I actually have a very awkward feeling about your story. I don't know if I should be remorseful or I should laugh. It's really a lose but then, you only invested quite little, maybe mind it just for the fun of it or was just testing new waters but then, it is what it is and unrecoverable maybe. A lot of persons might share same feelings as you with regards to lost private keys, wallets and all that. It also the beauty of the game, getting your stuff together and keeping it safe. That's supposing your story is possible and true by the way. Nice of you to share.

[crwth]

Don’t feel too bad, but I guess that’s a lesson learned for every one of us that sometimes there are things that are less valued than it is today, and we have to have somehow the foresight to what could have value and knowing what to keep.

I imagine myself having bitcoin In the early days, but I think it’s just a dream for myself hoping that there is some kind of treasure inside one of those old, old hard drives that I have here in my house but I know it’s never going to be true, but It’s a dream.

Just continue in your Bitcoin journey, and maybe there would be better fortunes as well. Welcome to Bitcointalk.

[GazetaBitcoin]

But we've been promised pictures!

Seventeen days later, our very own cyber-punk OP still did not come up with any picture. Although all the members which have written inside this topic are eager to see those photos, refreshing the topic from hour to hour during the last 17 days and hoping to see any update from the cyber-punk, it seems that OP is merciless and forgot about all of us.

I am truly hoping that this post will determine him to give us a little piece of attention.

[NeuroticFish]

I am truly hoping that this post will determine him to give us a little piece of attention.

It won't.
It will only make a few others read only the first post and then write "Interesting story, sorry for your loss", without caring at all if it's for real or not. And our concerns will be lost in a sea of garbage.
And why would he post images? Would he break a HDD to actually prove nothing? He's got some merit, he's got a sea of sympathy, he can move on.

PS. Sorry for so much "sea", I may be missing already my holiday