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Is the wallet "real"? Or is his claim to the coins unverifiable?
Interesting that he was trying to get some tradeable value - very fun.
Lost Bitcoins Man is still trying
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Interesting that he was trying to get some tradeable value - very fun.
The wallet is real - I remember checking when there was a documentary, he was showing the documentary makers and I noted the address.
I'm not sure what evidence he has to prove his claim re: ownership of the wallet though.
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Does anyone want to join a shared venture in buying a landfill?
Sounds like a rubbish idea.
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To be honest I'm surprised nobody has taken the chance with so much money at stake.
The new owner could promise a certain amount to all those helping if successful, give Bitcoin Man 10 million and keep the rest.
The big problem is the stench of the landfill once they start messing, as someone from Stoke where we have Walleys Quarry giving many 1000s stink problems no Council will allow it.
haha
Is this in response to the latest BBC article on this?
Bitcoin dude potentially wants to buy the landfill site
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Just melt the coins down and recast them - good as new!
I'd imagine moisture would have entered the drive through a breather hole at the least. Water and metal don't usually get on well together, so, as you say, the platters could be lumps of rust.
The idea stinks.
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I’ve heard of buying the dip…
Crypto sub forum a bit slower in engagement and responses so will try here. I have my own (albeit much smaller) similar situation. Turns out I have 0.02 BTC in a wallet of mine from a decade ago which is worth a decent amount. I have the address and private key but unsure how to retrieve it.
As I understand it, I would need to download the BTC app and wait for it to sync (so would need a lot of time and HD space?). There seems to be different BTC apps though and other forum members mentioned forking which explains why the address has 2 outputs (BTC and BTC cash I think). Any other considerations or things I need to extract?
As I understand it, I would need to download the BTC app and wait for it to sync (so would need a lot of time and HD space?). There seems to be different BTC apps though and other forum members mentioned forking which explains why the address has 2 outputs (BTC and BTC cash I think). Any other considerations or things I need to extract?
For £80k, give it to a pro for £1k
He's only got £1500 worth of BTC though.
I'd start a new thread where you can get better advice.
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Don't be so harsh, it was just a throw away comment
netflix will do a documentary series about it in a hundred years when its worth a few billion.
it'll be along the same as that series with the supposed buried treasure on some island
I wish it was £80k. As @jaybee says, it's around £1.5k.
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I think you can use electrum, no need to download the blockchain
Assuming your just wanting to gain access to send it to an exchange so you can flog it.
I wouldn't use a browser based wallet long term but if the above is your plan its going to be secure enough to do that. (99.9999%)
Legend, just what I want (quick and easy extraction). So I've seen with browser based, spent a while getting one of my old accounts with Coinbase recently in preparation and then read into them/situation......a quick nope.I think you can use electrum, no need to download the blockchain
Assuming your just wanting to gain access to send it to an exchange so you can flog it.
I wouldn't use a browser based wallet long term but if the above is your plan its going to be secure enough to do that. (99.9999%)