can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP!

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Quote from: jk_14 on September 14, 2017, 08:13:30 PM

Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on September 14, 2017, 01:00:33 PM

40,000 bitcoin's is an obscene amount to think about owning in this day. I hope the OP made good use of the opportunity presented to him. I like reading good stories involving very early adopters but there are equally as many horror stories e.g. the 10,000 bitcoin pizza.

Pretty sure stories like the 10,000 Bitcoin Pizza add to the publicity of Bitcoin. So even though the buyer of the pizza has surely regretted his move, he helped make Bitcoin more successful.

so true ... it must have been hard back then to even imagine how much would have changed in ten years. Just think what another ten is going to do!

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Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on September 14, 2017, 01:00:33 PM

40,000 bitcoin's is an obscene amount to think about owning in this day. I hope the OP made good use of the opportunity presented to him. I like reading good stories involving very early adopters but there are equally as many horror stories e.g. the 10,000 bitcoin pizza.

Pretty sure stories like the 10,000 Bitcoin Pizza add to the publicity of Bitcoin. So even though the buyer of the pizza has surely regretted his move, he helped make Bitcoin more successful.

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40,000 bitcoin's is an obscene amount to think about owning in this day. I hope the OP made good use of the opportunity presented to him. I like reading good stories involving very early adopters but there are equally as many horror stories e.g. the 10,000 bitcoin pizza.

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Angelam2018

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Amazing - as someone late to the bitcoin party it's so interesting to go back and see posts from that time. It must have been such a great time to be in the community

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Quote from: escapefrom3dom on September 13, 2017, 02:05:36 PM

so how did it end: was the access restored or everything just remained in it's original place?

If you check the first page of the thread you'll see that he was able to restore access to his wallet. I'm more curious as to how many Bitcoins he kept to this day.

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so how did it end: was the access restored or everything just remained in it's original place?

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It's interesting to witness a bit of BTC history in this thread.

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40,000 BTCs or $40,000 in BTC? Big difference lol.

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Whoah... I hope the guy who recieved the 100 btc for the technical support held the coins until now.

Thats just crazy.. and that person now is pretty much a happy camper.. for saying to do a simple "rescan".

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wow I wish I was around to write "use -rescan" for over $35k USD ..
But who would have guess 3 years ago.

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Quote from: eddie13 on November 26, 2015, 07:01:48 PM

Seems he had other technical problems where he payed 10BTC and 5BTC bounties for help also..

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/10-btc-reward-protocol-wallet-and-client-version-mismatch-errors-138688
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/solved-http-error-from-json-rpc-in-php-149467

Yeah back then Bitcoin wasn't as expensive then or had as big a value. Back in 2012 to 2013 prices where all over the place. I got into bitcoin back in 2011 even tho I knew of it back in 2009 passed up as worthless wish I would of gone with my other thoughts and looked more into it and got into back then then fully getting into it in 2011 but made a small fortune since then so guess never to late to get into Bitcoin but if would of took it on then could of been set for life. Small rewards then now worth a good amount would be nice if price tumbles down to price what where then would give so many people wanting to get into it another chance.

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Quote from: fcmatt on November 24, 2015, 01:51:41 PM

Quote from: Quickseller on November 21, 2015, 08:44:08 AM

Quote from: fcmatt on November 20, 2015, 12:25:34 PM

so it was not an early adopter who needed help. go figure right? small world.

i would consider DPR of SR1 to be a pretty early adopter (2011).

Although it is fairly unlikely that he will be using Bitcoin very much moving forward unfortunately.

heh. true. good point. I was thinking more in terms of someone who mined them i suppose. I was speculating they were not gotten in the most legal of ways and thus not my stereotypical early adopter.

Well interestingly, there were entries on Ross's accounting spreadsheet for the purchase of a bunch of FGPCAs for several thousand dollars. I am not sure that was actually what the money was used for or if it was for something he did not want written down. Although I do see your point.

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Quote from: eddie13 on November 26, 2015, 07:01:48 PM

Seems he had other technical problems where he payed 10BTC and 5BTC bounties for help also..

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/10-btc-reward-protocol-wallet-and-client-version-mismatch-errors-138688
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/solved-http-error-from-json-rpc-in-php-149467

My God. Who would have thought that bitcoin will be worth so much... I always have bittersweet feelings when I read some old and necroed topics like this.
Maybe in the 2020 we will cross $10.000 for 1 bitcoin too?

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Seems he had other technical problems where he payed 10BTC and 5BTC bounties for help also..

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/10-btc-reward-protocol-wallet-and-client-version-mismatch-errors-138688
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/solved-http-error-from-json-rpc-in-php-149467

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Yeah, very interesting read even years later. Who would have guessed?

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What a funny (and inciteful) thread !

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Quote from: Quickseller on November 21, 2015, 08:44:08 AM

Quote from: fcmatt on November 20, 2015, 12:25:34 PM

so it was not an early adopter who needed help. go figure right? small world.

i would consider DPR of SR1 to be a pretty early adopter (2011).

Although it is fairly unlikely that he will be using Bitcoin very much moving forward unfortunately.

heh. true. good point. I was thinking more in terms of someone who mined them i suppose. I was speculating they were not gotten in the most legal of ways and thus not my stereotypical early adopter.

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Quote from: fcmatt on November 20, 2015, 12:25:34 PM

so it was not an early adopter who needed help. go figure right? small world.

i would consider DPR of SR1 to be a pretty early adopter (2011).

Although it is fairly unlikely that he will be using Bitcoin very much moving forward unfortunately.

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Quote from: jaberwock on November 20, 2015, 06:00:37 PM

First I thought that was another troll , then I saw the topic is from 2012, then that SR1 and maybe the Dread Pirate Robert himself posted here,

This topic belongs to the story of BTC

I too wonder first and think it as latest thread. Imagine the value of 4000+ BTC's present value

- After checking the date of the OP Post I realize the matter and my heart beat go down

- (OP himself cleared his balance in 2012 itself)

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