A Sad Day for Physical Bitcoin Collectors

[Forsyth Jones]

It is a lot of money, so yeah, I was kinda nervous something might go wrong.

Does anyone have a video of the whole process? Peeling and then inputting and sweeping the funds to another wallet?

Did you do it all in one fell swoop? or did you do a test first?

Alright, so here’s the quick version. It wasn’t as easy as I thought, but since I kinda know my way around this stuff, I managed.

First, I tried using a razor to peel the sticker, but that was a mistake. Ended up just using my nail and it came off no problem.

I thought Electrum could take mini private keys, so I made a new wallet on my phone with the key, but nope—it didn’t work.

Then I found out bitaddress.org can turn a mini key into WIF, so I downloaded it off GitHub and opened the file on my laptop.

Scanned the QR code of the uncompressed key and boom, new wallet.

I wanted to split the BTC across a few addresses, but Electrum on Android doesn’t do that, so I redid everything on my laptop.

Opened Trezor Suite, made a new account, got a bunch of addresses, copy-pasted those into Electrum, and sent the BTC. Waited for it to confirm before saying anything.

Later, I remembered BCH was a thing (oops). I don’t really use it, so I had to look stuff up, found a wallet, imported the key... and yeah, someone had already used mini key in the image I posted and took the BCH. lmao

I didn’t test anything beforehand, and I wasn’t really thinking too hard about security, tbh.

Hey man, congrats bro! (Can I be your friend? just kidding lol )

I bet this will be one of those historic bitcointalk threads and I want to be a part of it.

You were very careful when transferring the funds from the private key (mini-key) to a more secure storage, it's great that you didn't make any rookie mistakes during the sweep, like the case you mentioned of anchor Matt Miller who made the mistake of accidentally showing one of the paper wallets with the private key revealed (although you did miss the forks, but the important thing is that your mainnet funds are intact). I'm very happy for you, enjoy your fortune, spend it wisely.

Although you didn't need to go to all that trouble, Electrum desktop does support mini-keys, but that's just a detail, the important thing is that your funds are in a more secure place now!

Hey mate, what time are we going to the club?  

By any chance, weren't the fork coins returned to you?

Edit: Now I see that the 1st person who stole the forked coins refunded you, but at the same address where the private key is now exposed....  lol what a crazy story. 

[rdluffy]

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I bet this will be one of those historic bitcointalk threads and I want to be a part of it.
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Wow, we probably came here for the same topic, in our local board haha

I also want to be part of this thread which is probably already historic
I've never been "so close" to someone with so many BTC (that I know of) and I'm glad it's someone from here on the forum, I feel like I'm one of our own hehehe

What an interesting story
I have a collectible coin too, an Alpen Coin, but with dust only hehehe



And now you're using which wallet to manage it? A Trezor?

[Nexusrushrush]

Btw knowing you posted publicly your key i hope you have redeem those bitcoin forks first especially on BCH fork, its more than $40k worth if you mention it.

Ugh, I totally forgot about the forks, and someone else got to it 9 minutes before me... Now they’re like $40k richer. I just hope they’re not shady or anything and actually a decent person.

Btw knowing you posted publicly your key i hope you have redeem those bitcoin forks first especially on BCH fork, its more than $40k worth if you mention it.

Ugh, I totally forgot about the forks, and someone else got to it 9 minutes before me... Now they’re like $40k richer. I just hope they’re not shady or anything and actually a decent person.

hi i apologize but i couldn't resist, forgive me that i took your BCH i returned them to their place, now i would like to check your integrity and ask for a reward for this donate as much as you think necessary and forgive me again for my English this is not my native language this is my BTC address in the BTC network 1HD57zHyXKm3P7WaNAXAHtLcbK3JTg5PKT
And TRC20 TGtqz8KpEni7pXoM6xDkizRCk613jtghgy

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5221882.0

I used this article and there are still coins at your address, get your key.

[Forsyth Jones]

hi i apologize but i couldn't resist, forgive me that i took your BCH i returned them to their place, now i would like to check your integrity and ask for a reward for this donate as much as you think necessary and forgive me again for my English this is not my native language this is my BTC address in the BTC network 1HD57zHyXKm3P7WaNAXAHtLcbK3JTg5PKT
And TRC20 TGtqz8KpEni7pXoM6xDkizRCk613jtghgy

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5221882.0

I used this article and there are still coins at your address, get your key.

Ok, let's go: Lesson number 1: Whoever has access to the private key (simplifying, since the key is exposed on the internet, anyone) can spend the coins from that address.

So if you have returned forks coins to the original address, it's now a matter of time for those who have access to the private key to sweep any forks as they are found.

The best way to avoid all this is to ask for a new address for the person you want to reimburse. This way you ensure that only they has access to the funds(as it is supposed that they is the sole owner of the private key) and no one else can withdraw his funds again.

Note: I don't know if you are the first or second person who tried to refund it.

[nelson4lov]

Saw a screenshot of OP on X and had to come here to congratulate you on a well deserved hodl. Everybody see this amd don't remember that you never sold during the Covid-19 market collapse or when Bitcoin went to $60k and back to $16K.

You have my respect for holding that much size for that long time. Plenty to learn from your patience.

[Steeley]

[/quote]hi i apologize but i couldn't resist, forgive me that i took your BCH i returned them to their place, now i would like to check your integrity and ask for a reward for this donate as much as you think necessary and forgive me again for my English this is not my native language this is my BTC address in the BTC network 1HD57zHyXKm3P7WaNAXAHtLcbK3JTg5PKT
And TRC20 TGtqz8KpEni7pXoM6xDkizRCk613jtghgy

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5221882.0

I used this article and there are still coins at your address, get your key.
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It's ironic to see you asking the OP to have integrity.

[NotATether]

hi i apologize but i couldn't resist, forgive me that i took your BCH i returned them to their place, now i would like to check your integrity and ask for a reward for this donate as much as you think necessary and forgive me again for my English this is not my native language this is my BTC address in the BTC network 1HD57zHyXKm3P7WaNAXAHtLcbK3JTg5PKT
And TRC20 TGtqz8KpEni7pXoM6xDkizRCk613jtghgy

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5221882.0

I used this article and there are still coins at your address, get your key.

Come on man, you should have asked him for an address to refund to, not send them back to the key (which is now on r/bitcoin BTW) for another person to sweep.

[cygan]

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you are hitting the wrong community and the wrong people with the hope that we will all believe you!
if it really was you, then you would have immediately provided other proofs/informations with your post that would immediately and 100% back up your refund

unfortunately your scam attempt will not succeed here

[deepskydiver]

Incidentally, what is current best practice for converting BCH without compromising the equivalent bitcoin addresses not linked to identities?

In other words how do people convert BCH without giving away the identity of thee corresponding bitcoin?

[PX-Z]

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you are hitting the wrong community and the wrong people with the hope that we will all believe you!
if it really was you, then you would have immediately provided other proofs/informations with your post that would immediately and 100% back up your refund

unfortunately your scam attempt will not succeed here

Based on loycev's provided address, of bch and its forks, there's no transaction made, that the coins were returned back, so yeah, this is just a scam attempt trying to fool everybody.

[henrythebest]

and you sir, will be my role model for the life time.

[JohnGalt]

hi i apologize but i couldn't resist, forgive me that i took your BCH i returned them to their place, now i would like to check your integrity and ask for a reward...

Okay, first of all, this dude is straight up lying. Period.

But wait—there’s more!

So like, a while back I changed my email on BitcoinTalk. And I didn’t realize I had left it set to public. Somebody emailed me right after I posted, and I was like uhh nope so I fixed it real quick. But then after that article and the Reddit stuff, my inbox started blowin up again. So I’m guessing that email’s out there in some database now or whatever.

But it’s cool—I wasn’t even trippin. It was just an alias. I deleted it and made a new one like click-click, done.

Not gonna lie, I don’t really vibe with people begging, so just don’t.

[anonymousminer]

hi i apologize but i couldn't resist, forgive me that i took your BCH i returned them to their place, now i would like to check your integrity and ask for a reward...

Okay, first of all, this dude is straight up lying. Period.

But wait—there’s more!

So like, a while back I changed my email on BitcoinTalk. And I didn’t realize I had left it set to public. Somebody emailed me right after I posted, and I was like uhh nope so I fixed it real quick. But then after that article and the Reddit stuff, my inbox started blowin up again. So I’m guessing that email’s out there in some database now or whatever.

But it’s cool—I wasn’t even trippin. It was just an alias. I deleted it and made a new one like click-click, done.

Not gonna lie, I don’t really vibe with people begging, so just don’t.

Liar + Beggar = complete asshole and scumbag

[Mitchell]

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Not gonna lie, I don’t really vibe with people begging, so just don’t.

If anyone bothers you in private messages or begs for money, feel free to report them. Unsolicited PMs are not allowed, same goes for begging.

[Cryptogreatdane]

I will gladly pay you tomorrow for Bitcoin today. Popeye reference, lol

[JohnGalt]

So like, a while back I changed my email on BitcoinTalk. And I didn’t realize I had left it set to public. Somebody emailed me right after I posted, and I was like uhh nope so I fixed it real quick. But then after that article and the Reddit stuff, my inbox started blowin up again. So I’m guessing that email’s out there in some database now or whatever.

But it’s cool—I wasn’t even trippin. It was just an alias. I deleted it and made a new one like click-click, done.

Ha! Did it again. Lucky for me, I got infinite email addresses -- try and keep up.

[hopenotlate]

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So like, a while back I changed my email on BitcoinTalk. And I didn’t realize I had left it set to public. Somebody emailed me right after I posted, and I was like uhh nope so I fixed it real quick. But then after that article and the Reddit stuff, my inbox started blowin up again. So I’m guessing that email’s out there in some database now or whatever.

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Not only article and Reddit posts you became a celebrity on X as well : several tweets from several accounts are sharing your epic redeem , some of those accounts are also quite popular

https://x.com/danielgothits/status/1939805730561024400
https://x.com/pete_rizzo_/status/1862505676116758613
https://x.com/InternetH0F/status/1940334901019939252

the above ones are just some of those tweets.

[Not in Town]

Understandable. The fact that this is a physical item that you have to worry about at all times makes transferring the funds to a less-worrisome location compelling. Not sure what I would've done in your situation. You truly did have the collectible of a lifetime...

The stoic HODLing you did throughout all of those years is commendable, though.

[OM1ASD]

IS possible to buy from You this Casascius Bar?

[krogoth]

Nice article here....

https://cointelegraph.com/news/casascius-bar-hodling-100-btc