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Topic: How many Bitcoins are lost and never going to be in circulation ? (Read 686 times)

legendary
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Merit: 1217
Everyone should just lose all their Bitcoins so the price goes up uP UP

If a lot of people lose their coins, then they will get discouraged to use the currency. The price will go down, rather than going up.
sr. member
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Merit: 250
Everyone should just lose all their Bitcoins so the price goes up uP UP
legendary
Activity: 3654
Merit: 1217
A comprehensive list has been already made. Just check this thread:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/lets-add-up-the-known-lost-bitcoins-7253

legendary
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Merit: 1427
As the title state, how many Bitcoin are lost due to lost backups ?

There are several BTC addresses that contain atleast 40000 Bitcoins. But when you look at when the last transaction was made you can see that it was more than 1 year ago, or even in 2011.
Is that because of some one that lost his Bitcoins? Or just because he/she is trying to hide it from the IRS ? Or perhaps cold storage wallets that belong to large exchanges?

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