How my bitcoins were nailed down in my grandfather's garage. - page 3.

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Quote from: GazetaBitcoin on July 25, 2020, 03:07:51 PM

You are a nasty cyber-what? Cyber-punk? Lol. Too bad that in the last 9 years you didn't learn the difference between cypherpunk and cyberpunk.

That being said, I highly doubt that you had any connection with the Cypherpunk movement or that you held 30-40 BTC. A cypherpunk would know his nym and certainly he would not misspell it. Besides, cypherpunks would never make such mistakes - to leave precious data unattended.

Quote from: JasonClauch on July 25, 2020, 01:31:56 AM

Yes, i'm just a HODLER, i'm buying and holding coins.

As said @bitbollo, this is a ERC20 Token, you can buy it from that platforms.

Leave me your contacts i will help out with this

Thanks,
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I started to doubt anything that I read in bitcointalk forum and this looks to me like one of those merit hunting posts with fantasy story

JasonClauch cyber-punk registered few days ago and he is a hodler. Tongue

That being said, I like sci-fi movies and I am waiting to see this this hard drive tool holder.

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Quote from: JasonClauch on July 25, 2020, 12:17:57 AM

I am a nasty cyber-punk who learned about bitcoin back in 2011

You are a nasty cyber-what? Cyber-punk? Lol. Too bad that in the last 9 years you didn't learn the difference between cypherpunk and cyberpunk.

That being said, I highly doubt that you had any connection with the Cypherpunk movement or that you held 30-40 BTC. A cypherpunk would know his nym and certainly he would not misspell it. Besides, cypherpunks would never make such mistakes - to leave precious data unattended.

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It will be fun..

Me: Grandfather

He: Yes?

Me: Your key holder, cost $ 300,000

He : are you a drug addict? Go sleep it off, asshole.

yeah.. he likes to swear.

Let me see if can take photo of this for you, guys..

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Quote from: Rosilito on July 25, 2020, 11:45:03 AM

What a waste Sad

. I feel bad just like anybody else here. But that's it, just move on, if nothing else?, so if OP can find a way to recover those stuff which I doubt would be possible given the scenario, then great. Well on a second thought, there was no rush on getting hold of some BTC again, in the first place Wink

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Even when there is a hard drive failure due to ageing or other factors it is really very hard to recover the files in it so imagine a nail in between the written disc data I strongly believe there is no way ever.

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Quote from: gentlemand on July 25, 2020, 11:00:33 AM

Quote from: tianxie on July 25, 2020, 10:58:21 AM

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The more likely scenario is someone opening it up to find a confetti of shattered metal.

Probably, since hard drives were pretty sensitive Undecided

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I couldn't imagine the reaction of his grandpa if he found 'bout that tool holder he has would be able to buy him a ~~decent garage~~ whole new garage.

What a waste Sad

. I feel bad just like anybody else here. But that's it, just move on, if nothing else?, so if OP can find a way to recover those stuff which I doubt would be possible given the scenario, then great. Well on a second thought, there was no rush on getting hold of some BTC again, in the first place Wink

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Quote from: tianxie on July 25, 2020, 10:58:21 AM

The bitcoin is not gone as long as you have the disc, its still possible to read the magnetic fields, i know many companies who does that

There's the minor problem of several nails potentially being rammed through it.

If it were me I'd double check where those nails had gone as you never know. The more likely scenario is someone opening it up to find a confetti of shattered metal.

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Quote from: JasonClauch on July 25, 2020, 12:17:57 AM

It's an idiotic story, but it's completely true...

I am a nasty cyber-punk who learned about bitcoin back in 2011 and got my first bitcoins at that time, I just mined them on my work computer, while doing my own business, which did not bother me much, by those standards, my computer was quite powerful.
I didn't have many bitcoins, only around 30-40, I don't remember exactly, at that time it was only a few dollars (February)
After that, my personal life spun around, I started doing offline work and forgot about all this. Over time my computer became outdated and I disassembled it and sold the video card and other parts and left the hard drive in my closet. (more to the point)

I heard again about bitcoin in 2017 and immediately remembered my hard drive, which my grandfather had hammered into the wall of his garage as a tool holder.

So my story has come to an end, and it hurts and makes me laugh to write it. So no comment.

Thanks,
Jason

The bitcoin is not gone as long as you have the disc, its still possible to read the magnetic fields, i know many companies who does that

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Its good to see that you are not worrying about the amount of bitcoin that you lost due to your grandfather's rare tool holder idea. By the way, its gonna be a memorable experience for you and you are not the who have faced something like this. There is lot more stories where many bitcoin holder lost their coins and your one is pretty much interesting for me.

Some people sold their coins in a lower price and some other people forgot their wallet details but you are slightly different from them where everyday you are watching the tool holder hanging on garage wall. By the way, thanks for sharing with us.

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Quote from: JasonClauch on July 25, 2020, 12:17:57 AM

I heard again about bitcoin in 2017 and immediately remembered my hard drive, which my grandfather had hammered into the wall of his garage as a tool holder.

Owch, that hurts.But you can be proud about you are having the most expensive tool holder in the world. Grin

I just want to know how was your reaction when you found that hanging hardrive.Heart bursts?

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Sounds silly Grin

. Who would have though to nail and use a hard drive as a tool holder? But anyway what's done is done. You should accept the truth that you have lost what you have earned. Besides, you never know how big Bitcoin will be at that time to be in fact it can be only compared on a penny so you never put so much importance on it and I can't blame you, honestly, if I were in your situation I would probably did the same.

It is a sad past but you gotta live up for it, besides it will never be too late so you can build up once again.

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That was a sad story and this is a full regret but on those years the market price of the bitcoin is just nothing and its good that you just forgot this for a meantime but the to the problem is you lose your yards drive which is the most important thing and this is not one of the saddest stories I've ever heard before there is a lot too but still, bitcoin is a bitcoin this is one of the known coins today which can give you a good market income.

I think this could be a lesson learned don't forget your hard drive again lol. But still, this is not late because you can make more bitcoin again and also you are in the era in which the market price of the coin is huge.

Quote from: Botnake on July 25, 2020, 07:28:24 AM

You loss more or less $300,000 at the current BTC rate now.
What the... that's a huge amount dude, but you know, things happened, you just have to accept it and move on.

Hopefully you are still into crypto now, it's never too late to get in here again, and hopefully you'll be able to make that much again.

What you shared here is just another number of bitcoins lost in circulation, so the supply keeps decreasing as incidents like this occur.

Yes don't lose hope because you can earn this again but it takes time at least you gained bitcoin and this is worth it with the market price right now.

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Quote from: hatshepsut93 on July 25, 2020, 06:35:53 AM

For ~$300-400 000, it might be worth trying some of those advanced data recovery services that retrieve data even from broken hard drives. Maybe you can negotiate some agreement where they can take a part of the coins if they will succeed in getting the file?

Yes. I'd be looking verrry carefully at where the nails were put in. It's just possible the platters are intact.

I've been pondering why anyone would pick up a small rectangle of metal and think 'yes, this is absolutely ideal for storing my files, screwdrivers and bolts'. That seems like a deeply strange application of logic.

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You loss more or less $300,000 at the current BTC rate now.
What the... that's a huge amount dude, but you know, things happened, you just have to accept it and move on.

Hopefully you are still into crypto now, it's never too late to get in here again, and hopefully you'll be able to make that much again.

What you shared here is just another number of bitcoins lost in circulation, so the supply keeps decreasing as incidents like this occur.

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Quote from: mk4 on July 25, 2020, 05:47:25 AM

Honestly, don't feel to bad about it. Whatever bitcoin's value was at that time in 2011, chances are, you would've probably sold when bitcoin doubled/tripled/quadrupled/etc. It's easy to assume that there were a lot of people back then that probably wasn't bullish, or even thought that it would even reach $100(what more $19,800?).

Also, hey. It's not too late!

Pretty much true. I sold my laptop that was used to mine Bitcoins (it wasn't powerful but I had around the 0.0X IIRC).

5 years later, purchased some Bitcoins with my money and left them forgotten until 2 years later when the price started booming. Then I realized my FU moment and proceeded to cry myself to sleep.

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That's unfortunate but what if the hard drive was there and you find it when it hits an all-time high, that would be a very happy ending for you, but it's over and done now can you send the screenshot of what's left on your hard drive that hard drive would have been your ticket to big things, even one Bitcoin is being cherished now.

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For ~$300-400 000, it might be worth trying some of those advanced data recovery services that retrieve data even from broken hard drives. Maybe you can negotiate some agreement where they can take a part of the coins if they will succeed in getting the file? Although another questions is, was your wallet file encrypted? Cause you might find yourself unable to access the coins again, even if you retrieve the file.

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Quote from: mole0815 on July 25, 2020, 04:14:02 AM

You're not alone in this. There are many users with interesting stories about lost wallets

But "Meta" is unfortunately inappropriate and therefore please move (bottom left) this Thread to another subboard.

On which subboard this topic usually belong? I mean this is a bitcoin sad story. So it would be best on Bitcoin discussion right?

OP, your experience reminds me some regret in my cryptocurrency life. But compared to what happened to you, mine is only a light one. Your btc is really valuable today and can help you in your life but we dont actually know that it will become like this right. You must not blame your Grandfather in all means. Maybe thats fate and bound to happen.

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Quote from: JasonClauch on July 25, 2020, 12:17:57 AM

So my story has come to an end, and it hurts and makes me laugh to write it. So no comment.

Thanks,
Jason

I think you're able to get over it by now since you're able to share your story here. And who would have thought that we are going to reach $20k in 2017? Sometimes you really have to think hard about it, but hey, it's life, you can't just loss your mind although it could really make you rich, but everything happens for a reason.

Why not start stacking sats?

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Honestly, don't feel to bad about it. Whatever bitcoin's value was at that time in 2011, chances are, you would've probably sold when bitcoin doubled/tripled/quadrupled/etc. It's easy to assume that there were a lot of people back then that probably wasn't bullish, or even thought that it would even reach $100(what more $19,800?).

Also, hey. It's not too late!

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OUCH!

That hurt more than your grandfather nailing the Hard drive on the wall. 30 to 40 Bitcoin would have made your life by now , sorry to hear about your loss and I know few of my friends who also lost their Bitcoin somewhat the same way.

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