John McAfee is dead, are his coins lost?

[slaman29]

His last Tweets say he doesn't have anything left, or that they are all with McAfee (the company) and all gone. He would have taken care of all that already with his lawyers long before this, so I doubt there's anything left that's locked.

His daughter seemed the most active campaigner of all so I bet she's the one who knows most where his stash is, if there's any left.

[mrjoy15]

Popular influencers, tech-guru and anti-virus creator John McAfee found dead in a Spanish prison cell. Super rich guy gets arrested then committed suicide even though he is known as whales in crypto industry. His tattoo grew up conspiracy, however few thing we will never know. John McAfee was a  smart influencers, I doubt he has any left.

[Samthehero]

Hold until you die. Get buried with your crypto. Diamond hands. Worthless  

What to do, what to do??? If you don't tell anyone your key, your crypto dies with you. If you do tell someone your keys, they might rip you off and squander it on some BS.

Then again, even if you do tell someone, they might lose that info and it will still be lost.

[AakZaki]

Shocked to hear this, may he die in peace. I don't even know why he went to jail. Even what the fault. But I'm sure he will be a legend before Elon Musk. Too bad I haven't been following him much lately, last I heard he supports several ETH, Monero and DAI coins. In addition he became an influencer on the ICO project. Regarding the issue of losing coins, I don't know but I think since he was imprisoned he should start giving his family records regarding assets and private keys.

[capcaypro]

too much unclear information about the controversy over John McAfee's death. some say that all the coins he owned were confiscated due to making some bad investments some say they were lost.
but whatever it is, I don't know much about it, that's for sure, even if there are some missing coins, of course there are still ones that he keeps regardless if other people know it or not
Then maybe his fate, yes, we don't know for sure if anyone else knows about the wallet he has, of course it has changed hands or he has inherited it before he died.
but if not, then you know what's the answer

[seoincorporation]

too much unclear information about the controversy over John McAfee's death...

True, i have been searching some certain information about how it happens and there is not much information. But jails have cameras, the truth should come soon. and if it doesn't come the reason is that it was a murder. The lawyer is waiting for the autopsy to proceed with legal actions.

And the words from Snowden are something to worry about, he said the next one could be Assange let's see what happens.

[maju69]

we are only faced with confusing news without clarity. from this point of view and from this family side. to not find a bright spot about the whereabouts of John's willed assets. it is clear that it will spark controversy with news stories according to the mainstream media version.
regardless of the news we received, hopefully, it doesn't fall into evil hands and there's no confiscation from the government. because if it falls into irresponsible hands it will tarnish Bitcoin with all alibis to be used as strong evidence.

[Gamerholic]

A sad story from whatever side you look at it. I think this guy was sentenced even before he goes to jail and no one will say for certain what and why exactly. Maybe because he "knew too much", maybe because he attracted someone's money in dubious projects and they turned out to be a dummy, and he did not want to be responsible for other people's decisions. And you can think of many more of these "can" and they will all be equally far from the truth. It's a pity for the guy, because he was a rather odious figure and an interesting person and definitely did not deserve such a death. Maybe someday we will find out the truth about this, but definitely not now. And what happened to his coins - I personally am less interested in this.

[Lee_Mire]

Jhon McAfee has been one of the bigges figures involved in the crypto world and today he dies in Spanish Prison. I feel really bad for this news, rest in peace McAfee.

But someone has to ask it, what will happen with his cryptos, we can be sure he was holding a huge amount, so, let's keep an eye close to this topic.

We will always remember you as an awesome guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg

This man was a security expert and he was always talking about having a dead man switch plan in place. He either ran out of coins or if he had any left then you have to believe his loved ones will have access to his stash. Either way this is a sad story. RIP John

[just_Alice]

John McAfee left his assets to none I guess. He never trust anyone, He never used the antivirus he made. He admitted it in some point. So I guess he never left that wealth also because of trust issue. His coin will be useless forever. Or if someone will discover all his secrets hidden in some vault, that includes all the keys that will lead an access to that. Just my opinion.

But I find him as an awesome guy. He is cool.

He had a wife, though. They've been on the run together for a long time. I'm not entirely sure he'd trust his money to her, as he, indeed, was more of an introvert and rather paranoid. He didn't even call any of his relatives to say goodbye, many of his actions came out as a surprise to the close ones.

But, nevertheless, there is a possibility he trusted her more than anyone else.

[yohananaomi]

First of all, we clearly grieve for what has happened, all his actions have been carried out with what has been received and it is a form of what has been done himself. we must forget anything that has ever been made that may not always be fun, let the good things we remember for him.

I don't believe that someone as smart as him would give up his crypto, without notifying those he really trusted. it is clear that this has been done but we don't really need to question it because it is not appropriate and appropriate. let this be a separate story in the future.

[Republikcoin.com]

McAfee has more than 40 children, I'm sure one of them knows the secret that is owned by McAfee and is burdened with the responsibility to distribute McAfee's inheritance.
A lot of money when the ICO was very popular and McAfee became an advisor and became a supporter of several projects.

[ILuckyGuyI]

It is a good question actually. Because we don't know whether he shared his private keys etc. with someone before he died. In my opinion, he did it but didn't want anyone to hear about it. If he didn't do it, then all of his coins will be gone forever.

[Slow death]

McAfee has more than 40 children

 

I confess that I didn't know that, having so many children seems to even one of those African peasant leaders who all they know how to do is have many children in the villages

I'm sure one of them knows the secret that is owned by McAfee and is burdened with the responsibility to distribute McAfee's inheritance.

I doubt he told, he was not the type of person who wanted to have family ties, the fact that he had 40 children shows that

A lot of money when the ICO was very popular and McAfee became an advisor and became a supporter of several projects.

had a lot of money and went broke

[Quidat]

On the time i had heard such news i thought that it was just all some trolling or false news or something but it was actually true where McAfee had died and its true that information about his death wasnt really that clear and lots of controversial on where most people been saying or seeing the same thing which do also boggles out my mind.Whatever the things that he had done on this market where majority is really being hating him then we should just set aside for it for now and at least showing off some condolences on this guy.
He might have some bad reputation on this market but he's still need some respect and about his holdings then it none of our business
it if it was inherited or totally lost.

[Mpamaegbu]

I thought of this too and I came to the irrefutable conclusion that for a man who was a proponent of privacy, (he also expressed it with the Ghost token by McAfee). Does anyone here remember that expedition with GHOST, and how horribly he left it? I believe he secured his bag very well with that. Again, he had enough time to tie up loose ends and pass vital information to his trusted allies (may be some side chicks too, as a gross womaniser that he was) while he was still in prison, knowing the precarious situation he was in. It's just the same way any old man should know that once they begin to fall sick in and out that the moment of demise is close by. McAfee would've passed that important message down before exiting. Otherwise, it would be a shame that he didn't despite available knowledge he had.

[Obito]

McAfee has more than 40 children, I'm sure one of them knows the secret that is owned by McAfee and is burdened with the responsibility to distribute McAfee's inheritance.
A lot of money when the ICO was very popular and McAfee became an advisor and became a supporter of several projects.

I am sure that he would've split it among his children if he really has a lot of crypto and if he really has a lot of kids. I don't think that they have to worry about the distribution of inheritance because I am sure that McAfee probably has a lawyer that will do the work for him. To answer the question, I think that if he did have those we speculate, I think that he has already given it or used it in some form.

[Sithara007]

It is a good question actually. Because we don't know whether he shared his private keys etc. with someone before he died. In my opinion, he did it but didn't want anyone to hear about it. If he didn't do it, then all of his coins will be gone forever.

What are the chances that a 75-year old would not keep wallet backups to access his coins, in case something happens to him? In the unlikely scenario of him not doing that, it is going to be a loss for his family members and relatives. But how many coins did he own? And I am sure that the vast majority of these coins were earned through unfair means (by pumping scam projects). So if these coins are inaccessible now, then I am perfectly OK with it. My only regret is that those cryptocurrency users who got scammed by McAfee will never receive any reimbursement for their losses.

[RokokGudangGaram]

Jhon McAfee has been one of the bigges figures involved in the crypto world and today he dies in Spanish Prison. I feel really bad for this news, rest in peace McAfee.

But someone has to ask it, what will happen with his cryptos, we can be sure he was holding a huge amount, so, let's keep an eye close to this topic.

We will always remember you as an awesome guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg

Does he have any holdings? probably he gave his private key to one of his family members. Anyway, if he doesn't give it to anyone it's probably one of the lost coins out there. Well rest in peace to McAfee I think it's not a suicide, he tweeted a lot of times that if he killed himself that's not him.

[JohnBitCo]

Jhon McAfee has been one of the bigges figures involved in the crypto world and today he dies in Spanish Prison. I feel really bad for this news, rest in peace McAfee.

But someone has to ask it, what will happen with his cryptos, we can be sure he was holding a huge amount, so, let's keep an eye close to this topic.

We will always remember you as an awesome guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg

Does he have any holdings? probably he gave his private key to one of his family members. Anyway, if he doesn't give it to anyone it's probably one of the lost coins out there. Well rest in peace to McAfee I think it's not a suicide, he tweeted a lot of times that if he killed himself that's not him.

If no one knows his private keys then all his coins are lost. We would never be able to know because we do not know his wallet addresses.

This is a concerning aspect of crypto for which i will create a new topic to discuss.