List of Major Bitcoin Heists, Thefts, Hacks, Scams, and Losses

[Timelord2067]

Meant to include Chris (Bitcoin7.com)  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=24598

Name:    Chris (Bitcoin7.com)
Posts:    10
Activity:    10
Position:    Newbie
Date Registered:    16 June 2011, 18:45:05
Last Active:    21 July 2011, 03:09:56

Hello, this account is an official member of Bitcoin7.com team, I apply for whitelisting.

Hello Everyone,

Just wanted to post from my own forum account an introduction.
I will be posting from it in the future.

User Account started pretty much at the end of the exchanges short life.

Bitcoin7 - Official letter, following first week of operation https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=21526.0;all http://archive.is/OGy1L (Archived for future reference)

[NamedUser]

Wow! I've bookmarked this to come back again and again. What a ton of Bitcoin heists/scams.

[themusicgod1]

so...about that 700k bitfinex/bitgo hack this week.

[dooglus]

so...about that 700k bitfinex/bitgo hack this week.

119,756btc

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4vupa6/p2shinfo_shows_movement_out_of_multisig_wallets/d61oe33

[BitcoinXio]

List of bitcoin exchanges hacked this year, hope it helps your list out some: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/the-number-of-exchanges-hacked-this-year-may-surprise-you/

[Ferrero]

This is a great list to maintain. I predict that we will see the number of heists increasing, but the size of the heists shrinking over time; simply a matter of decentralization. At least until adoption is totally saturated - at which point it can go either direction.

No more too big to fail.

[capoeira]

This is a great list to maintain. I predict that we will see the number of heists increasing, but the size of the heists shrinking over time; simply a matter of decentralization. At least until adoption is totally saturated - at which point it can go either direction.

No more too big to fail.

no more too big to fail, but soon 50% of coins will be in the hand of criminals.
what is the count atm? 10%?

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Sad that this list keeps growing & getting added to every year. I wonder what % of coins that have been mined have been stolen from their rightful owner(s).

[ImHash]

damn I think no other currency has so many sh*t going on in their world, this crypto is an infamous place to do business in.

[capoeira]

Sad that this list keeps growing & getting added to every year. I wonder what % of coins that have been mined have been stolen from their rightful owner(s).

That's what I'm asking for. There should be a website which counts the stolen coins. it could even track the coins in their wallets.

[eternalgloom]

damn I think no other currency has so many sh*t going on in their world, this crypto is an infamous place to do business in.

What are you talking about? The amount of US Dollars or Euros stolen every year is a lot bigger than anything that's on this list.
Most of those thefts don't make that good of a news story however.

[capoeira]

damn I think no other currency has so many sh*t going on in their world, this crypto is an infamous place to do business in.

What are you talking about? The amount of US Dollars or Euros stolen every year is a lot bigger than anything that's on this list.
Most of those thefts don't make that good of a news story however.

there have not been stolen 10% of all $ produced

[dscotese]

damn I think no other currency has so many sh*t going on in their world, this crypto is an infamous place to do business in.

What are you talking about? The amount of US Dollars or Euros stolen every year is a lot bigger than anything that's on this list.
Most of those thefts don't make that good of a news story however.

there have not been stolen 10% of all $ produced

When the governments responsible for hyperinflation engage in the hyperinflation, has purchasing power been stolen from those who were using that currency?  If you admit that it is, then you see that your claim about 10% is false.  If you think that it isn't, please explain what you mean by "stolen".

Sad that this list keeps growing & getting added to every year. I wonder what % of coins that have been mined have been stolen from their rightful owner(s).

That's what I'm asking for. There should be a website which counts the stolen coins. it could even track the coins in their wallets.

If I transfer coins from one address to another and then claim that those coins were stolen by someone else, is that a theft that you want included in the answer?

[CoinBreader]

congrats for that post ! iv spend some time reading this some of it iv live it and was educating my history in btc, im on btc ship 3yrs +/- and out eyes have seen so much drama!! Sit tight because we have a long road ahead ! just be calm and dont panic !! peace!

[marky89]

Sad that this list keeps growing & getting added to every year. I wonder what % of coins that have been mined have been stolen from their rightful owner(s).

That's something we'll never know. There's been so many small (and large) scams in Bitcoin that hardly anyone can keep track.

I suspect this Bitfinex theft will stay near the top for quite some time. Around $70,000,000 at the time. Really quite sad. I too had money on the exchange, and am trying to prepare myself for the worst. At least this is the first time I've been hit by a hack/scam/etc.

[Timelord2067]

You can add BleuTrade.com to the list of scammers:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1562286.0 - Scam Accusation
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1546459.0 - Reputation thread.

I can't log in (neither can others) and they haven't responded to my attempts over a number of platforms to contact them.

[capoeira]

damn I think no other currency has so many sh*t going on in their world, this crypto is an infamous place to do business in.

What are you talking about? The amount of US Dollars or Euros stolen every year is a lot bigger than anything that's on this list.
Most of those thefts don't make that good of a news story however.

there have not been stolen 10% of all $ produced

When the governments responsible for hyperinflation engage in the hyperinflation, has purchasing power been stolen from those who were using that currency?  If you admit that it is, then you see that your claim about 10% is false.  If you think that it isn't, please explain what you mean by "stolen".

the $ never had hyperinflation. but this is a straw man argument anyways

That's what I'm asking for. There should be a website which counts the stolen coins. it could even track the coins in their wallets.

If I transfer coins from one address to another and then claim that those coins were stolen by someone else, is that a theft that you want included in the answer?

no, only "oficial" ones.
so, how much is it? guess it passed 10% allready

[dscotese]

When the governments responsible for hyperinflation engage in the hyperinflation, has purchasing power been stolen from those who were using that currency?  If you admit that it is, then you see that your claim about 10% is false.  If you think that it isn't, please explain what you mean by "stolen".

the $ never had hyperinflation. but this is a straw man argument anyways

You're right, it has not yet hyperinflated.  If it does, then will the argument be valid?

That's what I'm asking for. There should be a website which counts the stolen coins. it could even track the coins in their wallets.

If I transfer coins from one address to another and then claim that those coins were stolen by someone else, is that a theft that you want included in the answer?

no, only "oficial" ones.
so, how much is it? guess it passed 10% allready

How does one determine whether or not a bitcoin heist is "official"?  Does the private key have to be used to sign a message of some sort that declares one or more of its outgoing transactions to be theft?  That would make sense to me, but that would mean 10% of all bitcoin produced has not been stolen either, unless I just haven't seen these signed messages.

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[requester]

I hadn't found HASHOCEAN and COINCE. Firstly Hashocean ran away directly without any warning sop it's a scam and i had left coince after hearing that the site had stopped paying money to user. And also minor sites like bitcodaily and altriacoin had also scanned many user.