Topic: Did you lose BTC somehow? forgot passord, computer crash ... (Read 1473 times)
I already lose a lot of bitcoins in my newbie days because i don't have an idea on how these things work and what are the things that i need to do and don't so i am just a wild newbie who wants to try anything that most of the people say so i lose my bitcoins in investment because of the hyips that offers big returns in a short time but now i am smarter enough to not do it again.
I'm new to bitcoin and I don't have much bitcoin yet but this is daunting, to possibly loose bitcoin somehow. I suppose once you have the passwords and keys to wallets a hardware or computer crash is not the end
However, please read the security measures to have the bitcoin in your wallet. if you do't any coins now also it will be help you for future. Most of the wallet gives you wallet seed initially you can able to save when creating your wallet.
Other than that you can save your private key and wallet.dat file to keep secured you wallet account.
This has not happened to me, but I do not deny that this is impossible. Failures happen in any technique and in any mechanism or system. But if everything is done accurately and competently, then you will not lose bitcoins.
I'm new to bitcoin and I don't have much bitcoin yet but this is daunting, to possibly loose bitcoin somehow. I suppose once you have the passwords and keys to wallets a hardware or computer crash is not the end
Had a 1.85 btc accumulated from the dust spam way back 2015, and have stored them only on a blockchain.info wallet without any clue to spend it or to transfer it somewhere safe. Those dust came from numerous private keys that I just swept and somehow accumulated it to 1.85 btc without me knowing it. I've lost the identifier and the password (most especially the mnemonics to unlock the wallet) that could potentially give me a good $5000 at most since I already found a way to spend those dust outputs.
I don't know who is responsible behind this mishap but sorry to hear about your loss. 5000 dollars is a good amount however, it is not the end of the world. You can earn that much amount again by the same method you used earlier and nest time you must write down the identifier and password somewhere safe so that no such causality occurs again.
It really looks like there are possibilities that I can lose my bitcoin if I'm not careful about it. You need to backup your seeds, private keys and be careful for phishing. Glad that I still don't have any bitcoin yet, but I will took every reminder here so that I will get less chances of losing my bitcoin. And thanks to everyone for sharing their stories here.
I had once an electrum wallet installed on my computer. This was 2-3 years ago, when I just started with bitcoin. I was receiving bicoin from faucets and I remember that the mininim that was sent to me was 0.001 bitcoin (1 mBitcoin). I also rememeber that I had one receiving transaction of 1 mBitcoin into this wallet. I forgot about thiw wallet for about 2 years then opened it. When I opened it there was no bitcoin inside, so I can say I lost 0.001 bitcoin. Now it would have been 3-4 USD, not important. There is also a chance that I never received that transaction from the faucets or that I do not remember.
It happened to me once I accidentally deleted my file containing infornations about my wallet and i just couldn't remember the key good thing though it doesn't have a lot of coins but lesson learned. I now save backup files encrypted zip folders online in my email just in case something happens again.
...or sent to the wrong address and could not recover it?
once I sent some bitcoin to an old address from btc-e, after they changed their wallet and the address wasn't valid anymore, I lost everything
once I sent some bitcoin to an old address from btc-e, after they changed their wallet and the address wasn't valid anymore, I lost everything
Did you lose BTC somehow? forgot passord, computer crash ...
I had lost bitcoin when my important data related to my wallet was lost erased by my boy kid and he was playing computer, and until now my wallet could not be opened, my not-so-big balance about $ 25 finally froze there, and I already willingly accept the loss of the bitcoin.
Did you lose BTC somehow? forgot passord, computer crash ...
i haven't experience that kind of situation yet, you can still retrieve your account if you only forget your password.
Did you lose BTC somehow? forgot passord, computer crash ...
Nope. I didn't able to experience such instances and I don't want to because we all know that the bitcoin we earned is the product of our hardworking so we must know atleast ho to protect it by simply guarding it with all of our hearts in order for us to avoid loosing it and we can use it in the future.
Had a 1.85 btc accumulated from the dust spam way back 2015, and have stored them only on a blockchain.info wallet without any clue to spend it or to transfer it somewhere safe. Those dust came from numerous private keys that I just swept and somehow accumulated it to 1.85 btc without me knowing it. I've lost the identifier and the password (most especially the mnemonics to unlock the wallet) that could potentially give me a good $5000 at most since I already found a way to spend those dust outputs.
I don't know who is responsible behind this mishap but sorry to hear about your loss. 5000 dollars is a good amount however, it is not the end of the world. You can earn that much amount again by the same method you used earlier and nest time you must write down the identifier and password somewhere safe so that no such causality occurs again. 
Yup... certainly. I lost Bitcoin in many ways. Hacked, scammed - you name it. A year does not go by where I lose BTC in some way. It is sad, really that crypto has come to this. We cannot trust anyone... even trustworthy people, or accounts which may seem trustworthy are actually scammers. If you don't believe me, try trading on LocalBitcoins. You will soon figure out that even "trusted" members cannot be...
I lost bitcoin because I was scammed. I am just a newbie and I purchased more than one bitcoin to deposit in an HYIP site. This was last year when the price was around $400-500. I am confident that I will be able to get back my coins since there are so many testimonials that they are paying and I received it every day for a time directly to my wallet but then after a while, the site went offline and I was never able to recover around half of what I invested. It was a great lesson for me never to invest in an HYIP site again. Regarding losing password or computer crash, no I did not lose BTC because of that because I always write my password and private key when creating a wallet.
Yup... certainly. I lost Bitcoin in many ways. Hacked, scammed - you name it. A year does not go by where I lose BTC in some way. It is sad, really that crypto has come to this. We cannot trust anyone... even trustworthy people, or accounts which may seem trustworthy are actually scammers. If you don't believe me, try trading on LocalBitcoins. You will soon figure out that even "trusted" members cannot be...
Thanks God I have never lose it
I have never really been in this position out of carelessness of loosing my password, seed and so on... The only way I know I have ever lost BTC was when I tried to give gambling a little try and as much as I do not want to regret it, it was quite painful back then and that was just about 0.01BTC, so nothing much than what one cannot afford. Except for that, I have been careful with my assets.
Did you lose BTC somehow? forgot passord, computer crash ...
Luckily, I haven' had this kind of situation and my coins ate intact. Loosing them is very unfortunate and I hope nobody else experience it. I've been keeping my password and private key in my notebook and I believe no one will ever find out about it except me. So I am confident that my coins are safe. I just hope that I won't be a victim of hacking like those I've read using the same wallet as me where they just clicked on a certain link then all of a sudden their btc were gone. That's why I always keep in mind to never click any link especially those that used url shortener.
Did you lose BTC somehow? forgot passord, computer crash ...
I didn't yet experience losing of bitcoin, forgot password or computer crash you know why? Because, every time that I've to create an account, I am saving all my account and password on my computer in case of forgetting my password, I was just looking on my computer to check it out. Password and account are important especially in MEW you need to keep your private key hidden to secure your wallet.
I personally have never lost my balance either from MEW or from some other exchangers. But lately I heard there are some people who lose their balance from their MEW, including one of my friends, he lost some ETH he has, but strangely other tokens are not lost from that MEW
Did you lose BTC somehow? forgot passord, computer crash ...
I have lost bitcoin because my old laptop display burned. Since it was a very old version , the hardisk was working only on the same model. It is good that I kept my bitcoins in an online wallet and only a small amount in my offline wallet. If you keep your bitcoins in offline wallets you should save on an external hardisk all the important informations because you never know what is going to happen
If the hd still works, you should be able to easily recover your coins.
Many places, one example is Aliexpress.com sell hd to USB converters for about 10$. I once bought one, where you can connect 3 different types of hd:s (only one at a time of course) IDE, Sata and laptop-IDE.
If your laptop was old, the hd is probably laptop-IDE. Some manufacturers screw their own converter to the end of the hd, but it is easy to remove, and under that should be the laptop-IDE connector.
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