I'd say a little over a million are currently lost and irrecoverable.
I wonder how can it be disappeared and how to count the lost coins?
Yeah, for it is unregulated and decentralized.
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I wonder how can it be disappeared and how to count the lost coins?
Yeah, for it is unregulated and decentralized.
Scammed or stolen coins are still in circulation, do not count as "lost" to the economy.
I think 5% of all Bitcoins in existence are "lost" due to deleted wallets, lost passwords,etc.
Coins that haven't been touched in years doesn't necessarily mean that they are "lost" or forgotten.
Some guys keep their coins untouched for a reason
Coins that haven't been touched in years doesn't necessarily mean that they are "lost" or forgotten.
Some guys keep their coins untouched for a reason
I guess 3% due to deleted or lost password
and 20% because scammer 
I'd say a little over a million are currently lost and irrecoverable.
I wonder how can it be disappeared and how to count the lost coins?
Same here!
There is a thread on here which is adding up all the known losses but only known losses in reality there is much more that have been lost.
Is there a link to this thread. It would nice to see it. I haven't run into it so far.https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/lets-add-up-the-known-lost-bitcoins-7253
There is a thread on here which is adding up all the known losses but only known losses in reality there is much more that have been lost.
Is there a link to this thread. It would nice to see it. I haven't run into it so far.
I think 5% of all Bitcoins in existence are "lost" due to deleted wallets, lost passwords,etc.
Coins that haven't been touched in years doesn't necessarily mean that they are "lost" or forgotten.
Some guys keep their coins untouched for a reason
Coins that haven't been touched in years doesn't necessarily mean that they are "lost" or forgotten.
Some guys keep their coins untouched for a reason
Unfortunately there is no way to find out. A wallet that remains inactive is not an indication that it is no longer used
1m+ seems like a good place to start. gives btc an artificially high looking market cap.
I'd say a little over a million are currently lost and irrecoverable.
I wonder how can it be disappeared and how to count the lost coins?
The number of bitcoins disappear forever is not much, relative to the total amount of speaking
In addition to the anecdotal evidence of people losing their wallets, we know that about 2000 BTC were burned during the Counterparty proof of burn. It's possible that similar processes could increase the number of "lost" bitcoin.
There is no way to tell. Likely 10's of thousands, if not 100's of thousands.
This is the only correct answer. It is very difficult to prove that a private key was actually lost as you would need to take someone's word for this fact, which is generally not something that is acceptable to do in the bitcoin community
I'd say a little over a million are currently lost and irrecoverable.
https://blockchain.info/address/198aMn6ZYAczwrE5NvNTUMyJ5qkfy4g3Hi
8000 BTC
I think its not lost in space, if we can find the private key, we can access to the wallet.
8000 BTC
I think its not lost in space, if we can find the private key, we can access to the wallet.
Close to impossible of finding that key unless you live forever
no way of cracking that. https://blockchain.info/address/198aMn6ZYAczwrE5NvNTUMyJ5qkfy4g3Hi
8000 BTC
I think its not lost in space, if we can find the private key, we can access to the wallet.
8000 BTC
I think its not lost in space, if we can find the private key, we can access to the wallet.
if is the case if we can find the private key nothing never will be lost lol
https://blockchain.info/address/198aMn6ZYAczwrE5NvNTUMyJ5qkfy4g3Hi
8000 BTC
I think its not lost in space, if we can find the private key, we can access to the wallet.
8000 BTC
I think its not lost in space, if we can find the private key, we can access to the wallet.
I have seen people posting old satoshi wallets with 50+ coins in it for more than 3years untouched i believe the count is far more than we think.
Last year, me and some buddies were doing a count up of pre-2013 "derp I lost my coins" stories and came to the conclusion that there's somewhere around a million known lost.
Also, it's still not entirely clear at present whether the bulk of the MtGox coins have actually been stolen, or whether their systems were so screwed up that they managed to transfer them to wallets they didn't permanently and safely record the keys for, so have been rendered inaccessible.
Add to that the sum of minor attritions and abandonment of small amounts, and we would have a guesstimate of somewhere around 2 million BTC that are unlikely to change hands again.
I say unlikely rather than, "never, no way, no how" because there might be some few cases where super spendy forensic recovery techniques become practicable, when aggregate coin value seems to make it worthwhile trying.
Also, it's still not entirely clear at present whether the bulk of the MtGox coins have actually been stolen, or whether their systems were so screwed up that they managed to transfer them to wallets they didn't permanently and safely record the keys for, so have been rendered inaccessible.
Add to that the sum of minor attritions and abandonment of small amounts, and we would have a guesstimate of somewhere around 2 million BTC that are unlikely to change hands again.
I say unlikely rather than, "never, no way, no how" because there might be some few cases where super spendy forensic recovery techniques become practicable, when aggregate coin value seems to make it worthwhile trying.
There is a thread on here which is adding up all the known losses but only known losses in reality there is much more that have been lost.
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