Topic: Approximately, how many bitcoin are lost FOREVER!!! - page 2. (Read 1352 times)
Prices are going to go up for every bitcoin lost.
i believe that something must be done immediately to deny addresses that havent been seen on the network payments over a very small amount. i think some groups are probably buying bitcoin and sending them to nonexistant addresses to devalue and kill the coin.
Divisible down to 8 decimal places. They can destroy all they want, it won't accomplish anything. 
i believe that something must be done immediately to deny addresses that havent been seen on the network payments over a very small amount. i think some groups are probably buying bitcoin and sending them to nonexistant addresses to devalue and kill the coin.
Id say a good million are lost forever.
Once I read that due to the fact that some bitcoins are lost they will gain more value, as less coins are available. I don't see how if it's not possible to know how many are lost...
Unless a Jedi can brute-force or guess the keys 
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.There are other options.
Deleted wallets on old computers might one day be salvaged by "bitcoin treasure hunters." Heirs might eventually have the tools to extrapolate enough information from an old hard drive to recover a deleted wallet.dat.
Bitcoins sent to black hole addresses are probably gone for good, however.
Why do you ask?
For me alone I guess 10 - 20 BTC, in the early days when Bitcoin wasn't worth much. Too troublesome to backup when changing computers, just delete 
What would be the best place to determine where the dormant coins are lying about?
My guess: I assume most users dont have backups so probably at least 1% already lost or 100.000 BTC
Unless a Jedi can brute-force or guess the keys .
.When bitcoin first started I had quite a few and felt they were going nowhere so I deleted the wallet and everything along with it.
How many BTC in that wallet?
Unless a Jedi can brute-force or guess the keys .
.When bitcoin first started I had quite a few and felt they were going nowhere so I deleted the wallet and everything along with it.
no one knows. You can figure out how many BTC are lying dormant, but you have no idea if their owners still control their keys or not!
Unless a Jedi can brute-force or guess the keys .
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