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Bitcoin Bummer

Dec 13, 2021, 12:49 AM
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gSteph
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The view from the other side of the room

Read this article in the New Yorker about a guy that discarded a hard drive with a bitcoin key, that would be worth half a billion now.

newyorker.com

Wow, bummer

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SirLapdanceanot

That's a 'bit' of a bummer to say the least. Ok maybe a megabit.

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candymika

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SanchoRG

The flip side of self custody

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misterorange

Wow. Just wow. If there was a contest for people who fucked themselves, this guy would win every time.

I don't know very much about any kind of computer engineering, coding, etc... certainly not Bitcoin, although I've made an honest effort to understand it, and still don't. I have so little confidence in computers, and more specifically my own computer abilities, that whenever there's some important document or piece of information, I not only store it in a digital folder, but also print it on paper.

Ironically, if my computer dunce-hat-wearing self had invested any amount in Bitcoin back when this guy did, the key would most certainly be written down on a piece of paper in my safe.

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MackTruck

Protect da shitcoinz and don't do dis crap

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