Topic: I just lost my entire wallet of 13 BTC. - page 14. (Read 3347 times)
Of course this is sad, losing 13 btc or about $ 125k, luckily i never had bitcoin more than 5 btc because i always thought that bitcoin could disappear anytime so the safest way is by exchange to fiat and transfer to account.
Losing my entire wallet of thirteen (13) bitcoins and what amount it is, its either higher or lower amount it is one of the bad days and horrible day that might happen to me because losing is not good at all.
I'm really really sorry for your loss, 13BTC is a very big amount. hope you can let it go and face the future as usual again.
well, i do not know what to do. 13 btc is really that much money for now, there are even some predictions that bitcoin prices will really skyrocket. well, I'm sorry about that. hopefully someday it will be replaced.
I'm really really sorry for your loss, 13BTC is a very big amount. hope you can let it go and face the future as usual again.
I am sorry for the loss of your bitcoin which I think is very much. May you remain besabar and spirit to get it again.
Looks like bitcoin storage wallet is still very vulnerable from the hackers, there are still many cases of loss experienced by people. Whether it's because of our fault or indeed the security of the wallet is still very lacking, it's hard to trace it. Obviously we have to keep all the passwords and privatekey of our wallet,
Looks like bitcoin storage wallet is still very vulnerable from the hackers, there are still many cases of loss experienced by people. Whether it's because of our fault or indeed the security of the wallet is still very lacking, it's hard to trace it. Obviously we have to keep all the passwords and privatekey of our wallet,
That is terrible news and im very sorry for you. Dont let it ruin crypto for you. There are so many people that have lost lots of money by making simple mistakes like sending 60k to the wrong address and having it just be dusted. The good news is we are all still early to the game. Try and get your head straight and make some smart investments. You can make it all back over the next few years. An additional thing I would suggest is using 2FA. I know that wasnt the issue here but it is worth taking every step possible to secure your investments. Keep your head up.
The topic of this thread brings up a good point about a place where crypto is very lacking. Crypto is only secure in cold storage, but you can't spend from cold storage, and it is an annoying process to move your coins from cold storage, leave some in a hot wallet for spending, and move the rest back to a new cold storage address. That is all far to complicated and confusing for the average user. There needs to be a simple, quick, secure, and automated way to move cold storage funds to a hot wallet. And hot wallets need to be secure. We should never have to worry about our money being stolen simply because we have a mobile wallet or a wallet on our laptop. If storing crypto in hot wallets isn't super secure then crypto will never be used as a payment platform and will never evolve past a store of value to be held for long periods in cold storage.
Valid point about send coins to cold storage back then back to hot wallet and back to cold wallet in order partially spend your balance.
In future this might be tackled when upgrades take place until then it is a pain to go through a lengthy process. Many people lost coins when sending from their paper wallets to other wallets because they did not know how to do it properly.
I hope you get at least a little amount of what you lost but this serves everyone a lesson, and most especially to those who are new to the crypto world and who wants to invest in their life savings. Always put in mind that if you invest in something, you are ready to lose everything because if that amount hurts you then I think it is more than what you are capable of losing. Invest only on an amount you are ready to lose, that should be placed as rule number 1 in trading.
Oh, poor! 
Bad news. I can't imagine such a situation as this is really awful! If I had such, I think I would be in depression for long. However, I don't have 13 bitcoins) but for the future I will do my best to make sure that i won't lose it
From this lesson we must be careful, put bitcoin on one wallet is a very risky thing, we have to divide bitcoin into some wallet so if there is problem or missing on one wallet then we still have another, and of course is to distinguish every password in wallet . Good luck. Bad news. I can't imagine such a situation as this is really awful! If I had such, I think I would be in depression for long. However, I don't have 13 bitcoins) but for the future I will do my best to make sure that i won't lose it
The topic of this thread brings up a good point about a place where crypto is very lacking. Crypto is only secure in cold storage, but you can't spend from cold storage, and it is an annoying process to move your coins from cold storage, leave some in a hot wallet for spending, and move the rest back to a new cold storage address. That is all far to complicated and confusing for the average user. There needs to be a simple, quick, secure, and automated way to move cold storage funds to a hot wallet. And hot wallets need to be secure. We should never have to worry about our money being stolen simply because we have a mobile wallet or a wallet on our laptop. If storing crypto in hot wallets isn't super secure then crypto will never be used as a payment platform and will never evolve past a store of value to be held for long periods in cold storage.
That's why you need to have 2 different wallets for 2 different purposes.
One of them should be a wallet for your daily purchases. You shouldn't be keeping more than a couple of hundreds in this wallet.
And the other would be a hodl only wallet, created offline with a airgap PC by the Bitcoin Core wallet... This wallet only should have incoming transactions. Because that's your retirement account.
The topic of this thread brings up a good point about a place where crypto is very lacking. Crypto is only secure in cold storage, but you can't spend from cold storage, and it is an annoying process to move your coins from cold storage, leave some in a hot wallet for spending, and move the rest back to a new cold storage address. That is all far to complicated and confusing for the average user. There needs to be a simple, quick, secure, and automated way to move cold storage funds to a hot wallet. And hot wallets need to be secure. We should never have to worry about our money being stolen simply because we have a mobile wallet or a wallet on our laptop. If storing crypto in hot wallets isn't super secure then crypto will never be used as a payment platform and will never evolve past a store of value to be held for long periods in cold storage.
very deep condolence for you. if i were you, maybe i would end up like you too.
i hope the culprit of your wallet change their heart because they see you in this forum.
i hope the culprit of your wallet change their heart because they see you in this forum.
Sorry if this sound stupid. I dont get it. How come the OP was hacked by just importing his BTC private keys in Electrum? Meaning Electrum wallet is not safe to use? Who stole his 13BTC by the way?
it was not Electrum wallet. It was a copy-paste clone of Electrum or whatever other legitimate wallet created to claim the forked Bitcoin Diamond and Bitcoin Private. Electrum wouldn't allow that, as Electrum works for real Bitcoin (BTC) only. So he pasted his private key into this clone and the clone developer(s) sweeped his BTC wallet.That is a very sophisticated scam, feel bad for the OP who lost 13 BTCs. The problem is that the feeling will simply get worse when bitcoin rises, it will be regret and annoyance. Not sure if there is any advice that can make you feel better other than to go to the police and see if they can do anything.
I have a feeling that in my country you would spend a few hours explaining to the police what bitcoin is and why it is worth anything and then ultimately they would think you lost some gadget from online game and discard your case anyway. Even if not, if they understand Bitcoin, I doubt they can really do anything for the OP.
I guess you know this by now, but for others that read this...
You made 2 big mistakes:
1. You kept too much money in one wallet.
2. You tried to get forked coins without moving out your real money away first.
I'm really really sorry for your loss
... 13 BTC wow....
Get together and think on the future. With some skill and luck you'll build up another money. You have to.
Thats what im thinking about OP,hes being careless thats why he was hacked..you should have divided your coins into different wallets,each of them must be in their own wallet and about your bitcoin thats too big to be in single wallet. You made 2 big mistakes:
1. You kept too much money in one wallet.
2. You tried to get forked coins without moving out your real money away first.
I'm really really sorry for your loss
... 13 BTC wow....Get together and think on the future. With some skill and luck you'll build up another money. You have to.
Oh, poor! Bad news. I can't imagine such a situation as this is really awful! If I had such, I think I would be in depression for long. However, I don't have 13 bitcoins) but for the future I will do my best to make sure that i won't lose it
Bad news. I can't imagine such a situation as this is really awful! If I had such, I think I would be in depression for long. However, I don't have 13 bitcoins) but for the future I will do my best to make sure that i won't lose it
I think you made a mistake with your Ledger Nano purse. You may know that A private key may have duplicated ledger Nano. They used your code to log in and steal the BTC, which is why I did not want to buy a Ledger Nano through a third party.
So sorry for your loss. I hope you will be fine. For other, please be careful with your wallet.
For other, please be careful with your wallet. I guess you know this by now, but for others that read this...
You made 2 big mistakes:
1. You kept too much money in one wallet.
2. You tried to get forked coins without moving out your real money away first.
I'm really really sorry for your loss ... 13 BTC wow....
Get together and think on the future. With some skill and luck you'll build up another money. You have to.
You made 2 big mistakes:
1. You kept too much money in one wallet.
2. You tried to get forked coins without moving out your real money away first.
I'm really really sorry for your loss
... 13 BTC wow....Get together and think on the future. With some skill and luck you'll build up another money. You have to.
Kept too much BTC in one wallet is not fault here...He exposed the private key for unknown things. For some one 1 BTC itself big amount for others even 100 BTC is small. If the 100 BTC holders wanna split the BTC in multiple accounts he need many wallets. It is not the solution. He need to be safe. Never ever expose your private key to anyone.
I feel sad for your loss. I hope you can rise again from your failures and can learn from your mistakes. Stay patient and stay strong.
F to pay respect.
F to pay respect.
Hey, perhaps we can do what Ethereum does. Fork the blockchain, roll it back so he doesn't lose his BTC and then carry on as normal. 
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