Quest for lost hard drive with £4m stored bitcoins

Jono8 · 1 Dec 2013 at 08:26

It says they are worth 4million but how easy would it be to actually sell 7,500 of them for £4 million pounds?

I cant believe they are now worth £613 each. Ludicrous.

benjii · 1 Dec 2013 at 09:43

Jono8 said:
It says they are worth 4million but how easy would it be to actually sell 7,500 of them for £4 million pounds?

I cant believe they are now worth £613 each. Ludicrous.

The Chinese started buying them and caused a huge price hike.

Silent_Scone · 1 Dec 2013 at 13:26

They offered him a 15 man team and to close the land fill apparently, but he couldn't afford it.

Well he bloody could if they found it

Begbie · 1 Dec 2013 at 13:30

Heard him live on the radio sounded a bit BS. But the phone call was totally awkward, I thought he was going to cry

Unlucky

Silent_Scone · 1 Dec 2013 at 13:32

Well yeah he might just be out for a bit of attention. Not like anyone can prove otherwise.

MrMarvelous · 1 Dec 2013 at 13:39

Unlucky! The HDD would be ruined by now anyway.

233 · 1 Dec 2013 at 13:42

MrMarvelous said:
Unlucky! The HDD would be ruined by now anyway.

You'd be amazed what forensic techs can pull off supposed ruined drives

MrMarvelous · 1 Dec 2013 at 13:46

After being a couple of years in a skip, exposed to the elements with more rubbish being poured on top? I would be impressed.

leaskovski · 1 Dec 2013 at 14:02

Yrkoon said:
im ignorant about bit coins but its a word i have heard off more and more, what exactly are they and how the hell do they work???

same goes for lite coins wtf is this lol

if any one can explain how and what and why i would be grateful

oh ouch to the guy who lost his unicorn skygod pixie money to the evil bin dragons??

im soooo drunk and confused

Read the massive bitcoin thread

G-MAN2004 · 1 Dec 2013 at 14:08

I don't think I'd ever get over this.

Theophany · 1 Dec 2013 at 14:12

By the time he finds it, Bitcoin will be worthless again. Trololololololol.

Edward78 · 1 Dec 2013 at 16:04

OMG, why would he throw away a drive with bitcoins on it???!!!

Dis86 · 1 Dec 2013 at 16:33

Know how he feels. I accidentally threw away a wallet with a tenner in it once.

scorza · 1 Dec 2013 at 16:44

Yeah this is BS imo - isn't the cheapest Bitcoins have ever been $10? That guy doesn't look like he'd have $75k let alone risk that amount. I reckon the BBC know it's BS too - they just wanted a story about Bitcoins.

Judgeneo · 1 Dec 2013 at 16:56

scorza said:
Yeah this is BS imo - isn't the cheapest Bitcoins have ever been $10? That guy doesn't look like he'd have $75k let alone risk that amount. I reckon the BBC know it's BS too - they just wanted a story about Bitcoins.

The cheapest was about 8 cents.

It was ridiculously easy to mine back then, and rewards for mining were much higher. It's very possible to mine this much on a laptop.

teaboy5 · 1 Dec 2013 at 17:20

Am I the only one wondering why a guy who works in IT, threw away a drive with his data on it without wiping it!

Rexxar · 1 Dec 2013 at 17:47

teaboy5 said:
Am I the only one wondering why a guy who works in IT, threw away a drive with his data on it without wiping it!

No... Not just you!

neil3k · 1 Dec 2013 at 17:58

typical capita employee

no_1_dave · 1 Dec 2013 at 18:29

MrMarvelous said:
After being a couple of years in a skip, exposed to the elements with more rubbish being poured on top? I would be impressed.

He threw it away in the summer, so approx 6 months ago.

scorza said:
Yeah this is BS imo - isn't the cheapest Bitcoins have ever been $10? That guy doesn't look like he'd have $75k let alone risk that amount. I reckon the BBC know it's BS too - they just wanted a story about Bitcoins.

Bitcoins initially were only worth a few cents each.
7500 in the first few weeks would have been worth maybe £10 or £15 tops. Maybe even less.