Topic: Biggest personal bitcoin loss - page 15. (Read 8737 times)
Gambling is purely based on luck, you have already given the answer that those loss in gambling bound to happen, but you didn't mention how much value you lost, based on that it can be ascertain that your loss is small or big, however couple of weeks before my friend has lost his 0.5 bitcoin while trading with untrusted partner.
over 40BTC on gox and another ~30-50BTC because of amazing preorders in the past, like blackarrow, hashfast, bfl or avalon. after all this mess, I had only paper wallets (and some small portion on electrum) now and I swear to avoid any preorder until end of my life.
guys coming to bitcoin these day don't have idea, how many guys here lost shit of lot BTC, just because it was full of bloody scam. imho now, situation is little bit better, at least there are no HW preorders anymore and community is much smarter and don't believe everything with BTC logo on website..meeh
guys coming to bitcoin these day don't have idea, how many guys here lost shit of lot BTC, just because it was full of bloody scam. imho now, situation is little bit better, at least there are no HW preorders anymore and community is much smarter and don't believe everything with BTC logo on website..meeh
for me it was once .8 when i was drunk i did played all on 1 try double or nothing 
My biggest loss would have to be the ~994 BTC I gave to BF Labs that I subsequently only ever recovered back half in $ terms, forget about BTC. That one still smarts. 
treat them like gold people.
treat them like gold people. Why did you give them your money any way?
Was supposed to get a miner in a timely fashion of course! LOLOL
Gambling early on on SatoshiDice and buying random dumb things.
I would have atleast $200k when it hit 1k if I didnt spend or gamble my coin
I would have atleast $200k when it hit 1k if I didnt spend or gamble my coin
140 and let's not talk more about that 
From the majority of posts here, the only big personal losses here are either because of gambling or because of scams. I know a fellow member who's mining hardware caused a fire in the home. I think that could be one of the most weirdest personal losses because of bitcoin lol xD
Okay, that is crazy. What hardware was he using? Any specs?
My biggest loss would have to be the ~994 BTC I gave to BF Labs that I subsequently only ever recovered back half in $ terms, forget about BTC. That one still smarts. treat them like gold people.
treat them like gold people. Why did you give them your money any way?
My biggest loss would have to be the ~994 BTC I gave to BF Labs that I subsequently only ever recovered back half in $ terms, forget about BTC. That one still smarts. treat them like gold people.
treat them like gold people.
From the majority of posts here, the only big personal losses here are either because of gambling or because of scams. I know a fellow member who's mining hardware caused a fire in the home. I think that could be one of the most weirdest personal losses because of bitcoin lol xD
My biggest Loss was this year ,few months back ago
Reason: Gambling
Stake: 1.4BTC
Match: Brazil Vs Uruguay(Fifa U-21)
Selection: Brazil
Result: Match was Drawn , and i was so sad but i consolidated my self saying "I play for fun , not for Living"
Reason: Gambling
Stake: 1.4BTC
Match: Brazil Vs Uruguay(Fifa U-21)
Selection: Brazil
Result: Match was Drawn , and i was so sad but i consolidated my self saying "I play for fun , not for Living"
Wow. Mostly people have only lost because of lots of gambling. I have never invested in bitcoin since I am only a teenager and still learning about bitcoin but I think you can still re gain that amount by more investing and you had fun, which was the point dude!
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i lost couple thousand dollars when I forced to buy coins from mtgox at $1100 a piece cause it was the only way to my cash out of there. I had previously sold at $800 but they weren't processing any wires. thankfully I got out at all before they went belly up.
I have always known what I wanted in the crypto biz, and that has always been bitcoin. So whenever I invested in any altcoins and made profit, I immediately got them into btc 
It did help me in the long way, honestly. But I had really bad gambling issues and I lost 2-3 btc in gambling. Ofcourse, I have made up a lot of money in gambling too, more than 10btc so it all equals out.
It did help me in the long way, honestly. But I had really bad gambling issues and I lost 2-3 btc in gambling. Ofcourse, I have made up a lot of money in gambling too, more than 10btc so it all equals out. 
I have been unlucky in gambling and I am down around 2btc. I did stop though so that will be all I'll be down from it.
I am not sure if I am putting this in the right section.
Anyway, what are some of your guys biggest bitcoin losses? Did many people here loss everything with Mtcox? For me it is online casinos. I do have a moderate gambling habit so it was bound to happen.
My biggest loss is 1.5 BTC on roulette , it's few months ago , and the latest one I lost 0.2 on Primedice. I don't invest in cloud mining or ponzi, so I was saved from other losses.Anyway, what are some of your guys biggest bitcoin losses? Did many people here loss everything with Mtcox? For me it is online casinos. I do have a moderate gambling habit so it was bound to happen.
On 1 spin of the wheel or gradually over the course of some days. And thanks for the link pedrog. There are some really nasty stories on there for sure.
I am not a high roller, I bet on black or red only and used martingale , I forgot how many losses in a row till lost them all. I got a lesson, you can't win with martingale unless with huge bankroll.
Two biggest losses come from altcoins and dice gambling. Both inherited great risk, and lost out on 3 BTC total. Not my best moment but I've made it all back through video slots and such. As far as altcoins go, I refuse to give the shit another chance. Practically all altcoins are built to fail, but gain quick bucks through investors along the way.
My biggest loss was when I was still gambling. I think I've lost 2-3BTC from roulette, sports bet and other gambling stuff. So from then on, I told myself to stay away from gambling.
I think, i've lost like around 2 bitcoins from mining, gambling, altcoin trading, ponzis, and cloudmining.. But its all good i've recovered it from other investments lol
Damn i think my biggest lost was trading altcoins about 1 btc after i got greedy from a few pump and dumps i made 4x on, the altcoin game is pretty crazy.
My biggest loss was not getting into Bitcoin in December 2012 when I first became aware of it.
I've also always wanted to get into a ponzi scheme early, you know before the late adopters get scammed, but could never bring myself to do it.
I guess my loss was time more than monetary, but that time indirectly impacts the monetary side.
I've also always wanted to get into a ponzi scheme early, you know before the late adopters get scammed, but could never bring myself to do it.
I guess my loss was time more than monetary, but that time indirectly impacts the monetary side.
My biggest Loss was this year ,few months back ago
Reason: Gambling
Stake: 1.4BTC
Match: Brazil Vs Uruguay(Fifa U-21)
Selection: Brazil
Result: Match was Drawn , and i was so sad but i consolidated my self saying "I play for fun , not for Living"
Reason: Gambling
Stake: 1.4BTC
Match: Brazil Vs Uruguay(Fifa U-21)
Selection: Brazil
Result: Match was Drawn , and i was so sad but i consolidated my self saying "I play for fun , not for Living"
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