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legendary
Activity: 2268
Merit: 1278
August 08, 2014, 01:25:18 PM
#91
Over 4300 in theory but 4200 or so are on gox so who knows really :S

Fuck, man.  Sorry to hear it Sad
But why? It was obvious that gox was a Bad Place To Put Your Money for quite a while. Why feel sorry for stupidity and/or greed?

It's not as simple as that.

I tried to withdraw the 50 coins I had at Gox to a paper wallet a year ago when it became obvious something was fishy there.

They wouldn't let me withdraw without identity verification so I went about acquiring ID (I don't live in the kind of fascist regime that requires citizens to carry ID) and by the time I got it together, my 50BTC had already been "withdrawn" by someone else.

Needless to say, I immediately opened a ticket but was given a runaround for dozens of emails over several months until they finally imploded and I haven't heard from them since.

Luckily they represented less than a third of my coins at that time. At an average cost of less than $120 they still represented a significant loss but I was still firmly in the black. When the price broke a grand, I was furious at the thought of losing $50,000.00.

Of course I joined the class action lawsuit but I'm not holding my breath expecting anything back.

Sometimes shit happens.
Okay, fair enough. But there is still the matter of placing such a large part of your holdings in one place, especially an exchange. I have my coins in 3 different places (and spread over several times more wallets), and I'm just in the low double digits. And only a fraction at a time touches an exchange or other online service, not 90%+.
full member
Activity: 210
Merit: 100
Living the dream
August 08, 2014, 01:18:29 PM
#90
I have 10 btw in wallet 4 on exchange.
legendary
Activity: 4200
Merit: 4887
You're never too old to think young.
August 08, 2014, 12:22:28 PM
#89
Over 4300 in theory but 4200 or so are on gox so who knows really :S

Fuck, man.  Sorry to hear it Sad

4200?!!! Holy moly, so sorry man Sad hope you at least recover some of it. I think it is going to take a long time, but people like yourself will be the first to get paid back when it happens

I don't think it's a matter of anyone being paid back "first".

It's more a matter of how many pennies on the dollar.

I'm not optimistic about it being anything sizeable. Lawyers and bureaucrats will get the lion's share.
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1001
This is the land of wolves now & you're not a wolf
August 08, 2014, 12:18:24 PM
#88
That's simple. Don't be a moneylender. Will find out real quick who your real friends are. And don't charge interest if you do either, that's what got all of us in the fiat mess we are in.

Oh, how incredibly correct you are. People are shameless when it comes to borrowing your money...and *really* shameless when it comes to paying it back.



This couldn't be more true. Deep down you know who is going to pay you back before you lend out your money (outside of extenuating circumstances)
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1001
This is the land of wolves now & you're not a wolf
August 08, 2014, 12:16:22 PM
#87
Over 4300 in theory but 4200 or so are on gox so who knows really :S

Fuck, man.  Sorry to hear it Sad

4200?!!! Holy moly, so sorry man Sad hope you at least recover some of it. I think it is going to take a long time, but people like yourself will be the first to get paid back when it happens
legendary
Activity: 4200
Merit: 4887
You're never too old to think young.
August 08, 2014, 12:04:59 PM
#86
Over 4300 in theory but 4200 or so are on gox so who knows really :S

Fuck, man.  Sorry to hear it Sad
But why? It was obvious that gox was a Bad Place To Put Your Money for quite a while. Why feel sorry for stupidity and/or greed?

It's not as simple as that.

I tried to withdraw the 50 coins I had at Gox to a paper wallet a year ago when it became obvious something was fishy there.

They wouldn't let me withdraw without identity verification so I went about acquiring ID (I don't live in the kind of fascist regime that requires citizens to carry ID) and by the time I got it together, my 50BTC had already been "withdrawn" by someone else.

Needless to say, I immediately opened a ticket but was given a runaround for dozens of emails over several months until they finally imploded and I haven't heard from them since.

Luckily they represented less than a third of my coins at that time. At an average cost of less than $120 they still represented a significant loss but I was still firmly in the black. When the price broke a grand, I was furious at the thought of losing $50,000.00.

Of course I joined the class action lawsuit but I'm not holding my breath expecting anything back.

Sometimes shit happens.
legendary
Activity: 2030
Merit: 1028
August 08, 2014, 11:35:16 AM
#85
i just know bitcoin since March 2014  Tongue
so until now i have about BTC 0.3 at my balance.

If only i know earlier 'bout bitcoin things, i probally reach more than BTC 1 already
legendary
Activity: 2268
Merit: 1278
August 08, 2014, 11:34:49 AM
#84
I own a handful, I guess. But I'm not comfortable telling the broad public about how much exactly my stash amounts to. Imagine telling the world you have 10 BTC in cold storage and 5 years later the price is at $100000, I guess a lot of people would be coming over to 'borrow' some money from you!
That's simple. Don't be a moneylender. Will find out real quick who your real friends are. And don't charge interest if you do either, that's what got all of us in the fiat mess we are in.

Yeah, I won't do that, but I guess it's a very sad feeling seeing all those people lining up just because of your money... Also you may become the target of people who try to blackmail you or demand ransom of some kind!
So don't be blackmailable (that is now a word, spellchecker). That's a personal choice we all have to make.
full member
Activity: 154
Merit: 100
Is there life on Mars?
August 08, 2014, 11:31:46 AM
#83
I own a handful, I guess. But I'm not comfortable telling the broad public about how much exactly my stash amounts to. Imagine telling the world you have 10 BTC in cold storage and 5 years later the price is at $100000, I guess a lot of people would be coming over to 'borrow' some money from you!
That's simple. Don't be a moneylender. Will find out real quick who your real friends are. And don't charge interest if you do either, that's what got all of us in the fiat mess we are in.

Yeah, I won't do that, but I guess it's a very sad feeling seeing all those people lining up just because of your money... Also you may become the target of people who try to blackmail you or demand ransom of some kind!
legendary
Activity: 2268
Merit: 1278
August 08, 2014, 11:30:01 AM
#82
I own a handful, I guess. But I'm not comfortable telling the broad public about how much exactly my stash amounts to. Imagine telling the world you have 10 BTC in cold storage and 5 years later the price is at $100000, I guess a lot of people would be coming over to 'borrow' some money from you!
That's simple. Don't be a moneylender. Will find out real quick who your real friends are. And don't charge interest if you do either, that's what got all of us in the fiat mess we are in.
full member
Activity: 154
Merit: 100
Is there life on Mars?
August 08, 2014, 11:25:16 AM
#81
I own a handful, I guess. But I'm not comfortable telling the broad public about how much exactly my stash amounts to. Imagine telling the world you have 10 BTC in cold storage and 5 years later the price is at $100000, I guess a lot of people would be coming over to 'borrow' some money from you!
legendary
Activity: 2268
Merit: 1278
August 08, 2014, 11:11:30 AM
#80
Over 4300 in theory but 4200 or so are on gox so who knows really :S

Fuck, man.  Sorry to hear it Sad
But why? It was obvious that gox was a Bad Place To Put Your Money for quite a while. Why feel sorry for stupidity and/or greed?
hero member
Activity: 728
Merit: 500
August 08, 2014, 08:44:45 AM
#79
Over 4300 in theory but 4200 or so are on gox so who knows really :S

Fuck, man.  Sorry to hear it Sad
sr. member
Activity: 249
Merit: 250
August 07, 2014, 08:30:18 PM
#78
This is not even a computer level issue, it is a personal identity level issue. If someone were to DOX you, after you posted that you have "x" BTC then anyone would know that you have that level of BTC and would likely attempt to launch an attack to steal your coins, either by hacking or by breaking into your house to steal your computers (among other potential attacks).

Passwords are in my brain. Can't really hack that...yet.

Breaking into my house? Bring a pistol...because you're going to need it.

You don't think?  Cool
newbie
Activity: 41
Merit: 0
August 07, 2014, 04:45:26 PM
#77
I own 0.9 btc and I'm planning to reach 1 btc until september.
full member
Activity: 165
Merit: 100
August 07, 2014, 03:44:23 PM
#76
Owning around 0.1 now. If bitcoin goes to 1M, 0.1 btc can buy a house where I am.
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1001
This is the land of wolves now & you're not a wolf
August 07, 2014, 03:42:25 PM
#75
I have between 0.59999999 and 6 bitcoins.

Nice poll. Wink

Yeah that is a big gap, and that is actually the slot where a large percentage of the people would be
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1001
This is the land of wolves now & you're not a wolf
August 07, 2014, 03:40:59 PM
#74
Ugh, i'm really poor compared to the other forum users. :\ thought i d be atleast in the upper 50% with my 5-10 btc

Some people have a lot of BTC here...but I would still go out on a limb and say that you are easily in the top 50% with 5-10BTC holdings
full member
Activity: 181
Merit: 100
August 07, 2014, 01:17:32 PM
#73
I have more than 1 and less than 21,000,000!
full member
Activity: 180
Merit: 117
August 07, 2014, 10:29:37 AM
#72
Over 4300 in theory but 4200 or so are on gox so who knows really :S

Letter S indicates that you are being sarcastic I assume, otherwise, I hope you get them back eventually.
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