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Topic: [400 BTC LOST] Can someone help me to contact Stefan Thomas from WeUseCoins.com? (Read 1468 times)

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Sorry, I think I didn't express myself right. I know that you need the private key to access the coins. This is what I have meant:

I read some cases on Reddit where users forgot about their wallets filled with lots of Bitcoins and find it again years later. Maybe this is also a similar case.

It's not. If they've lost the coins the public address doesn't matter.

I'm confused  Huh

I don't think you're the only one. It seems the OP has found a public address with 500 coins in it and somehow thinks he's found some lost coins or something. He thinks because he's found it he can tell the owner about it and give him his coins back. Or maybe not haha.

NO, I cannot give him back any coins of course - I neither have the private key to this public address nor I have access to his wallet file / his coins / whatever!

1. I read some old bitcointalk.org forum posts
2. In a pretty old thread, I found a public address from an old Bitcoin user named "justmoon"
3. I was curious if the user was still using his address
4. Checked it on blockchain.info, found out that the address is linked to almost 500 BTC, unused since 2011
5. Was interested in who the owner of these BTC is
6. Did some research, found it out
7. Trying to contact him for interest, just to see if he intentionally hoards so much coins since years or if he just forgot about the coins

definitely nice going from you Smiley

doesn't matter if he can't use the coins, it would be nice to tell him you have the coins just to remind him why he shouldn't forget his bitcoins Cheesy
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I don't see a need for this thread. It's like contacting someone and telling them, hey I see you have $200,000 in your account. Do you have access to it?
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Got a reply - he actually lost the private keys linked to this public address and is aware of it, therefore he couldn't use it anymore since years.




If he had the private key he could have already spend it. Public keys is useless with out the private key.
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Got a reply - he actually lost the private keys linked to this public address and is aware of it, therefore he couldn't use it anymore since years.

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This guys is just trolling us. Who would forgot his $200,000?
legendary
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Sorry, I think I didn't express myself right. I know that you need the private key to access the coins. This is what I have meant:

Plausible scenario: the user "justmoon" created a Bitcoin wallet some years ago, filled it with coins (and used it) and then for some reason forgot about it. The reason why I try to contact him now is to ask him if he knows about his wallet that he didn't use for years and deliberately hasn't spent the coins yet, or if he just forgot about it. If he forgot about it and now finds out again because I reminded him, well.. Great for him (if he has the private keys backuped somewhere). And if not, then it's okay too.

I read some cases on Reddit where users forgot about their wallets filled with lots of Bitcoins and find it again years later. Maybe this is also a similar case.
I doubt that one of the Administrators of this very forum would forget about Bitcoin holdings...

Anyways, he is now CTO at RippleLabs, maybe you can reach him there somehow. I am quite sure he doesn't need a reminder that he owns some BTC though.
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Sorry, I think I didn't express myself right. I know that you need the private key to access the coins. This is what I have meant:

I read some cases on Reddit where users forgot about their wallets filled with lots of Bitcoins and find it again years later. Maybe this is also a similar case.

It's not. If they've lost the coins the public address doesn't matter.

I'm confused  Huh

I don't think you're the only one. It seems the OP has found a public address with 500 coins in it and somehow thinks he's found some lost coins or something. He thinks because he's found it he can tell the owner about it and give him his coins back. Or maybe not haha.

NO, I cannot give him back any coins of course - I neither have the private key to this public address nor I have access to his wallet file / his coins / whatever!

1. I read some old bitcointalk.org forum posts
2. In a pretty old thread, I found a public address from an old Bitcoin user named "justmoon"
3. I was curious if the user was still using his address
4. Checked it on blockchain.info, found out that the address is linked to almost 500 BTC, unused since 2011
5. Was interested in who the owner of these BTC is
6. Did some research, found it out
7. Trying to contact him for interest, just to see if he intentionally hoards so much coins since years or if he just forgot about the coins
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Worst thing is, this guy continue to rub salt all over that lost btc wound.

Epic trolling.

Haha. I can't work out if he's trolling or not. It's hard to tell with some of the truly moronic questions you get from half of these newbs.
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Worst thing is, this guy continue to rub salt all over that lost btc wound.

Epic trolling.
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Sorry, I think I didn't express myself right. I know that you need the private key to access the coins. This is what I have meant:

I read some cases on Reddit where users forgot about their wallets filled with lots of Bitcoins and find it again years later. Maybe this is also a similar case.

It's not. If they've lost the coins the public address doesn't matter.

I'm confused  Huh

I don't think you're the only one. It seems the OP has found a public address with 500 coins in it and somehow thinks he's found some lost coins or something. He thinks because he's found it he can tell the owner about it and give him his coins back. Or maybe not haha.
member
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Sorry, I think I didn't express myself right. I know that you need the private key to access the coins. This is what I have meant:

Plausible scenario: the user "justmoon" created a Bitcoin wallet some years ago, filled it with coins (and used it) and then for some reason forgot about it. The reason why I try to contact him now is to ask him if he knows about his wallet that he didn't use for years and deliberately hasn't spent the coins yet, or if he just forgot about it. If he forgot about it and now finds out again because I reminded him, well.. Great for him (if he has the private keys backuped somewhere). And if not, then it's okay too.

I read some cases on Reddit where users forgot about their wallets filled with lots of Bitcoins and find it again years later. Maybe this is also a similar case.
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This is the golden question. If he has the private keys somewhere, then he would get access to it.

If he had the private keys he would already have access.

Maybe he just forgot that it exists? If he doesn't have his private keys anymore then it's okay and I will not disturb him ever again, but I don't want someone to just lose or forget a few hundred thousand dollars.

WTF, you honestly don't get it.

No private key, no coins.

Haha, yeah. The private keys are the coins. If you lose your coins you've lost the keys, not the public addresses. You really need to read up on Bitcoins.
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how do you know the wallet belongs to him?

Oh thanks god, I found my 400 BTC! I'm Stefan Thomas.

You can pm me wallet.dat file.

Thanks.

doesn't matter Cheesy

only if you're the real Stefan you still need to have private  keys to be able to use the coins  Undecided
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WTF, you honestly don't get it.

No private key, no coins.
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This is the golden question. If he has the private keys somewhere, then he would get access to it.

If he had the private keys he would already have access.

Maybe he just forgot that it exists? If he doesn't have his private keys anymore then it's okay and I will not disturb him ever again, but I don't want someone to just lose or forget a few hundred thousand dollars.
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This is the golden question. If he has the private keys somewhere, then he would get access to it.

If he had the private keys he would already have access.
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This is the golden question. If he has the private keys somewhere, then he would get access to it.

If he is not interested anymore just send me the wallet and I will try to bruteforce it. I will send you half of it, if I found the password.  Smiley

As I said, I dind't found a wallet file, but just the address / public key which I now know belongs to him and I'm desperately trying to contact him.

How would this benefit to him if he don't have the private key anymore? Stop emailing him you just wasting his time.
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If he is not interested anymore just send me the wallet and I will try to bruteforce it. I will send you half of it, if I found the password.  Smiley

As I said, I dind't found a wallet file, but just the address / public key which I now know belongs to him and I'm desperately trying to contact him.

How would this benefit to him if he don't have the private key anymore? Stop emailing him you just wasting his time.
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