Topic: Have you ever been stolen or lost your BTC? - page 8. (Read 1209 times)
Until now I have never lost or my bitcoin was stolen. Hopefully there will never be something we don't want, such as losing bitcoin because the price of bitcoin is very expensive now, it will be very sad if we have to lose bitcoin because we are wrong to use a wallet to store bitcoin, I now prefer to save bitcoin in an online wallet (web wallet ) like blockchain.info because in my opinion using a web wallet is very easy because we can easily access it and use the bacup feature with good encryption.
Where do you keep crypto? Have you ever been stolen?
I kept my top coins in a hardware this is the most secured way to keep your wallet nothing can be safer than this and I highly recommend this to all traders and investors, so far I haven't lost or my bitcoin get stolen, proper education is still the best to safe guard your coin, you cannot go on investing on coins if you still do not know how to keep safeguard and trade your coins in a proper way
I used to lose some of the bitcoin that I had when I put it in my wallet online, my private key turned out to be phishing so that anyone could access my wallet, all the assets in the form of bitcoin were stolen until there was nothing left, from that incident I learned to be able to save the assets that I have as well as possible.
same here, I always become careless when it comes to my wallet. As for me, It was not stolen, but my wallet is nowhere to be found. My private keys was saved in my personal computer without any other copies, then suddenly my computer was crashed which I did not anticipate. All files were deleted and nowhere to be found.
I lost some when MtGox failed.
I used to lose some of the bitcoin that I had when I put it in my wallet online, my private key turned out to be phishing so that anyone could access my wallet, all the assets in the form of bitcoin were stolen until there was nothing left, from that incident I learned to be able to save the assets that I have as well as possible.
I am not holding bitcoin in bad exchange although have coin listing I will sell and withdraw my coin, I keep hold my bitcoin in trusted exchange and make my bitcoin save and not stole for last years, but for altcoin I ever stole with higher amount because I use private key code when I fill form of bounty campaign, I am not focus when fill form on bounty campaign project.
Glady that I haven't experienced losing btc yet. (I hope I won't). But some of my friends experienced losing btc from the exchange and others lost their bitcoin because of scammers. It was really frustrating for them and disappointing as well since they've all worked hard for it and then it just vanished. After hearing their stories, I'm really being careful with my crypto cause I don't want to experience the same thing happened to them.
I experienced stolen but not in bitcoin but in altcoin which has good value then. I am sure that I am careful on every site where I used my address and did not get it why that happen. Since then I wont joined any airdrops. Whatever address we have, be careful on where you save it and have a back up on it. It is hard to gain, so be cautious in every step and click. 
Yes I have been stolen by CRYPTSY back in 2017 when BIGVERN decide to leave with our coins and then this year I had some coins into CRYPTOPIA ( few altcoins ) and again I lost some coins there too ...but I learned my lesson and I never ever using exchanges again besides buying coins when I need to do and immediately withdraw them to my hardware wallet.
I'm also one of the unlucky guys who bought into BitStake in 2015 ( few will remember this project ) and after 3 days they pulled a massive exit scam leaving with thousand of bitcoins ...lost 0.5 BTC there. There were so many scams during 2015-2016 and I succeed in catch some like xst , breakout , harmonycoin=(old one ), d4rkpay =(who ran a token swap without informing the participants besides a message on telegram ), kickcity , parkapp ...and now I'm focus on Rupaya and Galactrum as they are super shady lately.
I'm also one of the unlucky guys who bought into BitStake in 2015 ( few will remember this project ) and after 3 days they pulled a massive exit scam leaving with thousand of bitcoins ...lost 0.5 BTC there. There were so many scams during 2015-2016 and I succeed in catch some like xst , breakout , harmonycoin=(old one ), d4rkpay =(who ran a token swap without informing the participants besides a message on telegram ), kickcity , parkapp ...and now I'm focus on Rupaya and Galactrum as they are super shady lately.
3 Instances (2 technically):
- Inputs.IO - funds still haven't been recovered, around 0.1 BTC; is what it is - I tried to get TF to give it back when he was giving money back but since it was so many years ago I had lost any trace of the account.
- Actually had all of my funds removed from my BlockChain.info account for an exploit which only affected less than 1% of their users. Thankfully, the person who ran the zero-day exploit gave the funds back w/ proof of account ownership. That man is literally a hero in my eyes.
- Minor funds lost on Cryptsy.
Other than that, nothing stolen.
- Inputs.IO - funds still haven't been recovered, around 0.1 BTC; is what it is - I tried to get TF to give it back when he was giving money back but since it was so many years ago I had lost any trace of the account.
- Actually had all of my funds removed from my BlockChain.info account for an exploit which only affected less than 1% of their users. Thankfully, the person who ran the zero-day exploit gave the funds back w/ proof of account ownership. That man is literally a hero in my eyes.
- Minor funds lost on Cryptsy.
Other than that, nothing stolen.
Glady that I haven't experienced losing btc yet. (I hope I won't). But some of my friends experienced losing btc from the exchange and others lost their bitcoin because of scammers. It was really frustrating for them and disappointing as well since they've all worked hard for it and then it just vanished. After hearing their stories, I'm really being careful with my crypto cause I don't want to experience the same thing happened to them.
The truth is not, because since I started in the cryptocurrency field, I have been very careful, I have printed physical backup, exclusive USB, and so on. I believe that security should be one of the first steps that we should know in this area.
Air gap laptop that I used as a wallet.
And then Electrum for my daily trading activities and quick exchange if I needed fiat for emergency. So far I haven't experience getting my BTC stolen. I guess if you really know how to protect your crypto assets, chances are it won't get hack or stolen from you.
And then Electrum for my daily trading activities and quick exchange if I needed fiat for emergency. So far I haven't experience getting my BTC stolen. I guess if you really know how to protect your crypto assets, chances are it won't get hack or stolen from you.
I have experienced getting phished before and lost all my altcoins, good thing never had my bitcoin stolen since I keep my bitcoin in a hardware wallet. That is why, if you are keeping a huge amount of crypto, never leave it even in an online wallet. I can also remember when I was new in crypto my money got scammed in a bitcoin doubler. I was new in crypto back then and I thought that it is an easy way to earn money.
I didn't loose btc, but I lost other crypto due to forks, upgrades, desrepect from exchange.
Lost about 50 $ in a coin called geyser to yobit. Yobit never activate the deposit and not respond.
Lost about 30 $ in vulc token due token migration to new account and never received response from the exchange.
Lost about 50 $ in a coin called geyser to yobit. Yobit never activate the deposit and not respond.
Lost about 30 $ in vulc token due token migration to new account and never received response from the exchange.
Recently I've heard someone's speech about keeping BTC on the exchange is not safe. But the same thing may be fair to other types of wallets — it's all about the pros and cons, isn't it?
There must be a comparison based on the number of incidents, statistics, etc.
I mean, ok, let's consider this article as a detailed guide for different types of wallets — there's an explanation, principles of working, advantages and disadvantages — but how do you actually know, which wallet will be safe? How did you choose your current wallet?
Where do you keep crypto? Have you ever been stolen?
I never been lost my bitcoin but i experienced losing an altcoin in one exchanger i don't want to mention it. I think this exchanger is not safe to store fot a long time your coins because i regret i lost my coins Worth 700$.There must be a comparison based on the number of incidents, statistics, etc.
I mean, ok, let's consider this article as a detailed guide for different types of wallets — there's an explanation, principles of working, advantages and disadvantages — but how do you actually know, which wallet will be safe? How did you choose your current wallet?
Where do you keep crypto? Have you ever been stolen?
Now i learned that i don't want to store my coins there because its not safe.
stolen? sure.. various exchanges and pools stole some.
lost? that too. those were all purely due to my own stupidity.
Everyone has one bad day .. and losing your bitcoin either it gets hacked , scammed exchange or simply your slovenliness is just part of the human nature . But here is the biggest hacks/bitcoin heists in history , in case you guys missed it :lost? that too. those were all purely due to my own stupidity.
- mtgox around 700,000 bitcoin!
- bitfinex around 120,000 bitcoin!
- bitcoinica around 100,000 bitcoin!
And the popular one here in this forum allinvain who lost 25,000 bitcoin!
Tell me how bad your day then ..
And here is my story a mystery how I lost my 0.16 bitcoin
Recently I've heard someone's speech about keeping BTC on the exchange is not safe. But the same thing may be fair to other types of wallets — it's all about the pros and cons, isn't it?
There must be a comparison based on the number of incidents, statistics, etc.
I mean, ok, let's consider this article as a detailed guide for different types of wallets — there's an explanation, principles of working, advantages and disadvantages — but how do you actually know, which wallet will be safe? How did you choose your current wallet?
Where do you keep crypto? Have you ever been stolen?
There must be a comparison based on the number of incidents, statistics, etc.
I mean, ok, let's consider this article as a detailed guide for different types of wallets — there's an explanation, principles of working, advantages and disadvantages — but how do you actually know, which wallet will be safe? How did you choose your current wallet?
Where do you keep crypto? Have you ever been stolen?
Personally, my bitcoin has never been stolen but the safety of your bitcoin doesn't really matter that much on the type of wallet you are using. Your safety solely depends on how you access your wallet to send or receive bitcoin. Connecting to a public internet (wifi) whiles making bitcoin transactions may put you at risk of getting your bitcoin stolen. In as much that a lot of wallet comes with their own kinda security system, that might not be enough to keep your bitcoin safe. Never connect to a public internet without having systems in place to block all malicous attracts...
No, I never lost my Bitcoin. I rarely store my Bitcoin on an exchange's wallet. I keep it on Segwit wallet if I have no intention to trade it. We must know that there is no exchange with 100% secure to save our assets. So, don't take risks by keeping our Bitcoin on exchanges for a long time. Just send them there when we want to trade only.
Recently I've heard someone's speech about keeping BTC on the exchange is not safe. But the same thing may be fair to other types of wallets — it's all about the pros and cons, isn't it?
There must be a comparison based on the number of incidents, statistics, etc.
I mean, ok, let's consider this article as a detailed guide for different types of wallets — there's an explanation, principles of working, advantages and disadvantages — but how do you actually know, which wallet will be safe? How did you choose your current wallet?
Where do you keep crypto? Have you ever been stolen?
I have been stolen my bitcoin when I make trade with liqui exchange market, I am new with exchange market and not use additional security for my account, I hold there about 0.1 btc when bitcoin price about $500. Now I will be safety for my exchange account and add security authicator for my exchange account to be safety for my assets. You must use 2fa for your bitcoin exchange account to make it safe. There must be a comparison based on the number of incidents, statistics, etc.
I mean, ok, let's consider this article as a detailed guide for different types of wallets — there's an explanation, principles of working, advantages and disadvantages — but how do you actually know, which wallet will be safe? How did you choose your current wallet?
Where do you keep crypto? Have you ever been stolen?
Personally I've never been stolen by anyone, but one time when I want to withdraw some BITCOIN they told me that I can't right now! So I creat many wallets online and offline, some I just keep on exchanges.
In my opinion the safest way is to keep your bitcoins in a cold storage and you keep your own private keys. Besides if you lose them then you cannot blame any of the exchanges but yourself alone.
In my opinion the safest way is to keep your bitcoins in a cold storage and you keep your own private keys. Besides if you lose them then you cannot blame any of the exchanges but yourself alone.
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