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July 05, 2014, 01:01:56 AM
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Man recovers $500,000 in bitcoins he mistakenly sent to defunct Mt. Gox

http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/800-bitcoin-recovered-mt-gox/

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July 05, 2014, 01:16:58 AM
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He was very lucky to get the coins back, but what he did was very careless.
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July 05, 2014, 02:24:50 AM
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If I were sending $500,000 somewhere, I'd treat it about as seriously as a nuclear ballistic missile launch.  He was lucky this time, but someone that careless will have trouble holding on to that money in the long term.
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July 05, 2014, 02:30:07 AM
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i remember when he posted here, we were all like wtf...how can you f up on an 800 btc transaction. glad he got his coins back, he is lucky.

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July 05, 2014, 02:44:56 AM
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If I were sending $500,000 somewhere, I'd treat it about as seriously as a nuclear ballistic missile launch.  He was lucky this time, but someone that careless will have trouble holding on to that money in the long term.
If I had to guess I would say that he likely has/had a lot of money invested in bitcoin and 800 BTC is not he majority of his holdings.
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July 05, 2014, 02:50:06 AM
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If I were sending $500,000 somewhere, I'd treat it about as seriously as a nuclear ballistic missile launch.  He was lucky this time, but someone that careless will have trouble holding on to that money in the long term.
If I had to guess I would say that he likely has/had a lot of money invested in bitcoin and 800 BTC is not he majority of his holdings.

sure, but that's not exactly an excuse to send 800 BTC without double checking the address. that's beyond careless. very, very luck to have recovered those coins, imo. must have breathed a sigh of relief on that one....
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July 05, 2014, 02:55:47 AM
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I have a feeling this guy had a bit more than 800BTC at that time...in other words it wasn't his whole fortune.

But, lucky he got it back, that's the main thing!
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July 05, 2014, 04:10:49 AM
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Nice!  Glad he recovered.  I remembered his post, too.  I felt so bad I got knots in MY stomach.  Can only imagine what he wen through.  Hope it didn't cost him an arm and a leg to get it back.
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July 05, 2014, 08:16:49 PM
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If I were sending $500,000 somewhere, I'd treat it about as seriously as a nuclear ballistic missile launch.  He was lucky this time, but someone that careless will have trouble holding on to that money in the long term.
If I had to guess I would say that he likely has/had a lot of money invested in bitcoin and 800 BTC is not he majority of his holdings.

sure, but that's not exactly an excuse to send 800 BTC without double checking the address. that's beyond careless. very, very luck to have recovered those coins, imo. must have breathed a sigh of relief on that one....
No it is not an excuse, but it is rather an explanation as to how it happened. 
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July 05, 2014, 09:13:34 PM
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Man recovers $500,000 in bitcoins he mistakenly sent to defunct Mt. Gox

http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/800-bitcoin-recovered-mt-gox/

i check every letter in address even for the 0,01 btc transactions.
Dont realy know how he could be so careless; that is one fine chunk of money.

anyways, glad he got it back
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July 05, 2014, 09:21:27 PM
Last edit: July 05, 2014, 09:32:11 PM by BitCoinDream
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Man recovers $500,000 in bitcoins he mistakenly sent to defunct Mt. Gox

http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/800-bitcoin-recovered-mt-gox/

Please note the people listed in his thanksgiving...

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I have recovered my bitcoins!
Special thanks to:
/u/throwaway43572
Bobby Lee of BTC China
The Bitcoin Foundation
Mark Karpeles
and
Uchida & Samejima Law Firm in Tokyo
/u/throwaway43572 has been rewarded 2.5 BTC
And I will be making a donation to the Bitcoin Foundation shortly.
Thanks for your support.
Any questions?

Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/29tdt3/remember_the_800_btc_fuckup_guy/

By the way, that guy is also present on BitcoinTalk. I saw him posting on this forum...

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