Topic: Bitcoin from 2009 - page 2. (Read 468 times)
OP seems to regret the bitcoins he bought in 2009. But with searching like this being hopeless, you won't stand a chance of finding your bitcoins. Instead, why not take the time to accumulate bitcoin now? I think what you are doing is just a waste of time.
🤣🤣 I know that lad, I'll get there in the end, I only spent 50 quid so not that bad but its doing my head in 🤣🤣
You're talking like it's not much of a loss, but 50 pounds, but the average price at that time was something like 0.2 per coin, so that would give you around 250 BTC, making you a millionaire. Worst case scenario, you overpaid and got 100 BTC, which still makes you a millionaire.
I'll be honest here, you don't know which forum you used, who you bought it from, what accounts you had, password or email associated with the forum account...
You don't have the wallet, you don't have the private key, no password for the wallet, no .dat file... Ask any detective or a forensic guy and they'll tell you that you need at least a starting point, something to work with. You've got nothing.
Good luck, you're gonna need it
I'm not asking if someone on here sold me the coins, I'm just trying to retrace my steps, there wasn't any exchanges in 2009 they was sold peer to peer, so I'm not being childish just trying to jog my memory
Who knows while your account was created a few days ago so it will be difficult to find old traces but you are starting with a new account, but I don't know whether this story is true or not because it's been too long.If you feel that you have bought bitcoin p2p on this forum, then remember the old account and there you will know who transacted with and where to store bitcoin, in case you have a strong memory for the past.
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even if he finds the person who sold it to him, what will he do next? unable to recall the entire seed phrase after all these years, the human brain cannot do this.
even if he finds the person who sold it to him, what will he do next? unable to recall the entire seed phrase after all these years, the human brain cannot do this.
Hmm, I'm not entirely sure if seed phrases were even around back then. I'm not sure when the first HD wallet was introduced, but as far as I know they weren't around in 2009.
Well this forum could be the right place where you bought this coins, but actually it was hosted at the bitcoin.org website in 2009 and everything that was written there was archived and is not visible. To me this story sounds not very promising, since you do not remember any details about your purchase. Those would include especially:
- Username
- Amount
- Date
- Place where you bought them
BIt even if you know all of them above you will not be able to gain access to the coins. What you are looking for is a wallet.dat file, that was used in those times. There were not informations that could be written on a paper, except if you were using a singe adress to store them. Usually wallets had a wallet.dat file to put it on a flash drive.
- Username
- Amount
- Date
- Place where you bought them
BIt even if you know all of them above you will not be able to gain access to the coins. What you are looking for is a wallet.dat file, that was used in those times. There were not informations that could be written on a paper, except if you were using a singe adress to store them. Usually wallets had a wallet.dat file to put it on a flash drive.
I think this will be difficult for you to find because in 2009 only a few people already knew Bitcoin and learned about Bitcoin, so the sales that you had done at that time were difficult to track especially some of the old flatfrom was not working so transactions at that time were difficult for us to find, but you still look for information on cryoto users Maybe one of them has indeed sold Bitcoin like you did, Hopefully what you want can be achieved.
Hello all, I am trying to track a bitcoin purchase I made in 2009, I no longer have the pc I used, I wrote the details on some paper and stored it but we've moved house a few times and it might have gone missing, I have looked on every hard drive, flash drive, cd, dvd etc but to no avail so far.
I bought it off a forum post but I can't remember which forum. Did anyone sell bitcoin in 2009 and if so which forums did you use, I am trying to retrace my steps in the hope it jogs my memory, I've only been looking for the last 2 years 🤣 so I don't mind looking for another 2 years.
Cheers
I bought it off a forum post but I can't remember which forum. Did anyone sell bitcoin in 2009 and if so which forums did you use, I am trying to retrace my steps in the hope it jogs my memory, I've only been looking for the last 2 years 🤣 so I don't mind looking for another 2 years.
Cheers
i know you are kidding now. But if what you say is true, it seems that it will not be possible to trace those bitcoins, not even for the next 10 or 50 years, you will not be able to track them if only that information is all you have.
It is impossible, to be honest, theres a guy who spent millions to find his hard drive, and in 5-6 years he eventually got it just to find out the Bitcoin in it was worth $400k or something.
It's a waste of time, money, and effort. Best is to work hard and get a job or start a business and then DCA into Bitcoin. Good Luck.
It's a waste of time, money, and effort. Best is to work hard and get a job or start a business and then DCA into Bitcoin. Good Luck.
Sorry but if you know you bought them from a forum user somehow you should have an account that is not this current forum member. Try to recover the account and you will find your old posts.
OP said, he bought bitcoin from a forum post but was not sure which forum, he didn't say bitcointalk forum. from what he said, I don't see any small chance of getting his bitcoins back. even if he finds the person who sold it to him, what will he do next? unable to recall the entire seed phrase after all these years, the human brain cannot do this.
But he says he bought bitcoins from a link in the forum (and I thought he was registered, maybe he was browsing as a guest...?) but he doesn't say he has to recover the seed but that he has to trace the transaction... which I don't know for what it could be useful but that's the request.
I'm not asking if someone on here sold me the coins, I'm just trying to retrace my steps, there wasn't any exchanges in 2009 they was sold peer to peer, so I'm not being childish just trying to jog my memory
OP, this story is not clear.As you mentioned, Bitcoin was relatively new back in 2009, though I'm not sure if that was early or late that year. Because peer-to-peer transactions require people to be familiar with Bitcoin wallets in order to send Bitcoin to one another, which wallet did you use to receive your Bitcoin? Because, as stated in the original content, you are looking for a location to save your Bitcoin, which I believe you mean your wallet private key, so that you can access your Bitcoin.
That's a very long time ago, OP. Supposing your story is true and you spent 50 quid for some Bitcoin, you must have tens of thousands of coins. That should be worth hundreds of millions of dollars today. Indeed, that's worth all the efforts to try recover them. No stone should be left unturned.
Anyway, you must have used an email when you signed up to that forum? Try to recover that also. You might find some old confirmation messages from that forum.
But I still wonder how you could possibly retrieve those coins even if you recovered everything save for your keys.
Anyway, you must have used an email when you signed up to that forum? Try to recover that also. You might find some old confirmation messages from that forum.
But I still wonder how you could possibly retrieve those coins even if you recovered everything save for your keys.
Sorry but if you know you bought them from a forum user somehow you should have an account that is not this current forum member. Try to recover the account and you will find your old posts.
OP said, he bought bitcoin from a forum post but was not sure which forum, he didn't say bitcointalk forum. from what he said, I don't see any small chance of getting his bitcoins back. even if he finds the person who sold it to him, what will he do next? unable to recall the entire seed phrase after all these years, the human brain cannot do this.
Better to just go back to your sleep, because you are no longer of this age, how come you have gone off since 2009 and just I'm coming alive now after such a long time?
This is most impossible thing to do right now because the time-space has really been too long and you won't even have a record of where the coins are stored because even though you get the acclaimed seller from that forum, you still do not have any guarantee of getting those coins back since you bought and transferred those coins to your personal wallet at that time.
This is most impossible thing to do right now because the time-space has really been too long and you won't even have a record of where the coins are stored because even though you get the acclaimed seller from that forum, you still do not have any guarantee of getting those coins back since you bought and transferred those coins to your personal wallet at that time.
Are you talking about this old forum
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/welcome-to-the-new-bitcoin-forum-5
I do not know if there is someone selling Bitcoin on that time since you can easily earn those Bitcoin by running a full node and mine it with your PC.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/welcome-to-the-new-bitcoin-forum-5
I do not know if there is someone selling Bitcoin on that time since you can easily earn those Bitcoin by running a full node and mine it with your PC.
wow legendary threads with legendary people in this forum, are they all still active, in this forum,
OP: years 2009 -2023 a long time ago it's hard to remember if you don't have an accurate memory in your brain, especially since you remembered it 2 years ago, my advice is to forget your memories because it's hard to remember
It looks like he's one among the early investor on bitcoin. The white paper got published on 2008 and came to usage during the year 2009. Op have bought it on the same year, almost 14 years passed and now he had remembered the buying. Anyhow its ones own ability to search and find. As most people have suggested, lost the key and it's lost forever. It is his sole right to go find it same as what an IT guy have been doing with some agreement with the city council to search the trash dump for three years spending $11m.
The quest to find $181 million in bitcoin buried in a dump
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Since 2009?
I heard that the price of bitcoin pumped in 2013, it also pumped in 2017/2018, and finally 2020/2021, how come it is just 2 years ago that you started looking for bitcoin you bought way back 2009??, I kind of having a hard time believing you, did you forget you bought bitcoin in 2009, and only got to remember 2 years ago? And forgetting where you bought the bitcoin from is also unbelievable..
Anyways, doesn't matter what I believe or not believe, the fact is, if you already lost your keys, you've lost your bitcoins, if you left it on a centralized system or a custodial wallet after purchase, rest assured you made somebody somewhere super rich and i wish it was me 😔.
I heard that the price of bitcoin pumped in 2013, it also pumped in 2017/2018, and finally 2020/2021, how come it is just 2 years ago that you started looking for bitcoin you bought way back 2009??, I kind of having a hard time believing you, did you forget you bought bitcoin in 2009, and only got to remember 2 years ago? And forgetting where you bought the bitcoin from is also unbelievable..
Anyways, doesn't matter what I believe or not believe, the fact is, if you already lost your keys, you've lost your bitcoins, if you left it on a centralized system or a custodial wallet after purchase, rest assured you made somebody somewhere super rich and i wish it was me 😔.
Sorry, but it seems lost forever. 2009 was already long enough especially since you transferred to different houses. It is really true that we can only give importance to any stuffs when it becomes valuable. It's like a lost opportunity. I remember there were faucets before that are now worth some dollars per claim. If I knew bitcoin would be as valuable as today, I would've put all my money into it.
What we can do now is to take advantage of its price while it is still low compared to its ATH. Still very very far from the 2009 price but at least profit is profit and more realistic.
What we can do now is to take advantage of its price while it is still low compared to its ATH. Still very very far from the 2009 price but at least profit is profit and more realistic.
I'm not asking if someone on here sold me the coins, I'm just trying to retrace my steps, there wasn't any exchanges in 2009 they was sold peer to peer, so I'm not being childish just trying to jog my memory
So you just want to find out what transactions you've been doing for a long time? I'm not sure there were quite several forums you were in at that time, but you saw some interactions you had in the past with other members. maybe it will take a longer time.
I only know this forum, and it so happened that when I found out about Bitcoin, there were already several exchanges that could help me to own Bitcoin.
good luck getting what you're looking for. it's a very long transaction. unfortunately, it will take longer for you to find it.
Hello all, I am trying to track a bitcoin purchase I made in 2009, I no longer have the pc I used, I wrote the details on some paper and stored it but we've moved house a few times and it might have gone missing, I have looked on every hard drive, flash drive, cd, dvd etc but to no avail so far.
Am sorry if you bought the bitcoin into a cold storage that gives you access to the private keys, then you have to find those keys to unlock your bitcoin on the blockchain irrespective of the device used as lobg as you have the private keys, but if you cant get it then you may have to get it, also if the bitcoin was bought and stored on a centralized exchange wallet, then try to remember the password abd email address used for the hot wallet to have access to the bitcoin provided that the exchange is not gone down already by now.
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Hahaha! You have a great sense of humor!
I'm not sure what your investment portfolio looked like in 2009, but it's safe to say that Bitcoin wasn't a part of it at the time.
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