Topic: I'm back into Bitcoin! - page 2. (Read 364 times)
You should buy one but be careful not to get a tampered one because you're going to lose all those bitcoin when you use those tampered HW. Remember to be careful with your bitcoins now that it's considerably a lot of money. Congratulations that you were able to still get those bitcoins because from my experience, those that have them for a long time have forgotten the password to access those stuff.
Hello everyone, I recently did a cleanup on my external hard drive and I found a wallet.dat file.
At first I didn't have any idea of what this was, so I went ahead and deleted the file and continued my cleanup. I was still pretty intrigued by the filename, "wallet" so I looked up the exact name of the file: 'wallet.dat'. The first search result was this: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Wallet. I read that it's basically a file containing all of the important information related to a Bitcoin wallet. I also read that this file is normally located in the Bitcoin Core wallet directory, so I went ahead and installed the latest version of Bitcoin Core and looked in my trash bin folder, and sure enough, the wallet.dat file was in there. I had to wait 2 days or so for it to sync to the blockchain. Unfortuantely, I knew did not mine any BTC back then, I could only remember visiting a faucet a few times.
Today I woke up to this: 2.49 BTC sitting in the balance field. Man, I knew Bitcoin wasn't worth 20$ anymore! Let me tell you, this made my day, probably, my week or even this entire year!
Is there anything I need to do now that I'm holding a pretty big amount of Bitcoin? I've read that hardware wallets are the safest, should I buy one? Is there anything I need to know?
At first I didn't have any idea of what this was, so I went ahead and deleted the file and continued my cleanup. I was still pretty intrigued by the filename, "wallet" so I looked up the exact name of the file: 'wallet.dat'. The first search result was this: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Wallet. I read that it's basically a file containing all of the important information related to a Bitcoin wallet. I also read that this file is normally located in the Bitcoin Core wallet directory, so I went ahead and installed the latest version of Bitcoin Core and looked in my trash bin folder, and sure enough, the wallet.dat file was in there. I had to wait 2 days or so for it to sync to the blockchain. Unfortuantely, I knew did not mine any BTC back then, I could only remember visiting a faucet a few times.
Today I woke up to this: 2.49 BTC sitting in the balance field. Man, I knew Bitcoin wasn't worth 20$ anymore! Let me tell you, this made my day, probably, my week or even this entire year!
Is there anything I need to do now that I'm holding a pretty big amount of Bitcoin? I've read that hardware wallets are the safest, should I buy one? Is there anything I need to know?
Congratulations. It's hard to believe stories like this when you read them on the internet, but I'm sure there's plenty of Bitcoin left on old hard drives all over the place. I think this phenomenon is definitely partly responsible for the massive increase in market cap over the years. I think the real market cap of Bitcoin is most likely quite a bit lower than what is stated, and more than other coins due to the fact that many of the early adopters of Bitcoin left long before altcoins were a thing and it looked like Bitcoin would be here to stay.
Welcome back and all that!
Here's a tip: don't tell anyone what you got, guard that private key with your life (however you decide to do that later with a hardware wallet).
Oh and, you never really leave Bitcoin. Not until you chuck the keys out or sell everything. It's one heck of a thing to ever get into, you never really are the same after;)
Here's a tip: don't tell anyone what you got, guard that private key with your life (however you decide to do that later with a hardware wallet).
Oh and, you never really leave Bitcoin. Not until you chuck the keys out or sell everything. It's one heck of a thing to ever get into, you never really are the same after;)
Today I woke up to this: 2.49 BTC sitting in the balance field. Man, I knew Bitcoin wasn't worth 20$ anymore! Let me tell you, this made my day, probably, my week or even this entire year!
Is there anything I need to do now that I'm holding a pretty big amount of Bitcoin? I've read that hardware wallets are the safest, should I buy one? Is there anything I need to know?
Congratulations to you. You found a treasure inside your HardDisk. What you need to do right now is calm down and enjoy your time to see your 2.49 BTC. You do not need to buy a hardware wallet if you are sure your computer is safe from any malware or virus.Is there anything I need to do now that I'm holding a pretty big amount of Bitcoin? I've read that hardware wallets are the safest, should I buy one? Is there anything I need to know?
Then you can use 0.49 BTC to withdraw the money for your daily life or learning about trading to increase the amount because 0.49 BTC now is a lot of money.
Do not tell others you have BTC because that can lead them to be curious and will search for more. It is better to keep it silent and only you know the secret.
Do not attract to invest in any coins if you do not search for more info because the crypto market already increases so maybe you can invest in the next year while you can enjoy your money by withdrawing to your bank account. My suggestion is not to withdraw all of the money at once by doing it separately so that will not your banks suspicious.
Hello everyone, I recently did a cleanup on my external hard drive and I found a wallet.dat file.
At first I didn't have any idea of what this was, so I went ahead and deleted the file and continued my cleanup. I was still pretty intrigued by the filename, "wallet" so I looked up the exact name of the file: 'wallet.dat'. The first search result was this: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Wallet. I read that it's basically a file containing all of the important information related to a Bitcoin wallet. I also read that this file is normally located in the Bitcoin Core wallet directory, so I went ahead and installed the latest version of Bitcoin Core and looked in my trash bin folder, and sure enough, the wallet.dat file was in there. I had to wait 2 days or so for it to sync to the blockchain. Unfortuantely, I knew did not mine any BTC back then, I could only remember visiting a faucet a few times.
Today I woke up to this: 2.49 BTC sitting in the balance field. Man, I knew Bitcoin wasn't worth 20$ anymore! Let me tell you, this made my day, probably, my week or even this entire year!
Is there anything I need to do now that I'm holding a pretty big amount of Bitcoin? I've read that hardware wallets are the safest, should I buy one? Is there anything I need to know?
that's a big surprise for you mate and congrats you still recovered it, anywaysi suggest to just stay where you stored you bitcoin as long it's safe and very secured wherein you know there's no problem with it.. Just make backup instead incase of what happen again next because you know that amount is too big mate, just imagine 2.49btc so its a big mistake if you loss it again without any backup how to recover it.. So make it your priority for now.. At first I didn't have any idea of what this was, so I went ahead and deleted the file and continued my cleanup. I was still pretty intrigued by the filename, "wallet" so I looked up the exact name of the file: 'wallet.dat'. The first search result was this: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Wallet. I read that it's basically a file containing all of the important information related to a Bitcoin wallet. I also read that this file is normally located in the Bitcoin Core wallet directory, so I went ahead and installed the latest version of Bitcoin Core and looked in my trash bin folder, and sure enough, the wallet.dat file was in there. I had to wait 2 days or so for it to sync to the blockchain. Unfortuantely, I knew did not mine any BTC back then, I could only remember visiting a faucet a few times.
Today I woke up to this: 2.49 BTC sitting in the balance field. Man, I knew Bitcoin wasn't worth 20$ anymore! Let me tell you, this made my day, probably, my week or even this entire year!
Is there anything I need to do now that I'm holding a pretty big amount of Bitcoin? I've read that hardware wallets are the safest, should I buy one? Is there anything I need to know?
This is great news for you that you suddenly own more than 2 Bitcoins at this time when prices are above $45k at this time and now you have high funds balance with you.You were lucky to recover wallet.dat file from the trash as if you have not searched for it and have cleared the trash this won't happen with you on on worse stage so now take care of funds and have proper backup on hardware wallet and your seed phrases store in best possible way.
Congratulations man. This is really big. Many people who bought Bitcoin back then have ended up losing their backup, while some others (like you) forgot that they had a wallet or even bought Bitcoin. It's also really cool to see that you still want to hodl it. It's not wrong to sell but it is more thoughtful to hodl since you're not in a loss (and you cannot be in the loss due to the RIO so far). Congratulations again and welcome back to Bitcoin! 
Unfortunately, I have like scan 10 drives in 2017 and try to see if there is a wallet.dat file, but there's none. And good to hear the case of OP here, yeah, you can earn through faucets years ago and then totally forget about it years later and then rediscovered your hard drive and now you are rich instantly. For sure there could be cases like this in the past, with more bitcoins.
So the next best thing to do is to invest on a hardware wallet to store your precious BTC.
Of course, it's luck that the op received and usually something old is less likely to find again because some problems, especially obviously the computer where the file was placed may have been deleted or copied with new files that we don't realize. it was clear that luck had brought about something that was certain to make a huge profit because its current value was already high.So the next best thing to do is to invest on a hardware wallet to store your precious BTC.
I agree with you if you can afford to buy hardware and can store it safely there and there is no fear anymore as long as the device remains in yourself.
Unfortunately, I have like scan 10 drives in 2017 and try to see if there is a wallet.dat file, but there's none. And good to hear the case of OP here, yeah, you can earn through faucets years ago and then totally forget about it years later and then rediscovered your hard drive and now you are rich instantly. For sure there could be cases like this in the past, with more bitcoins.
So the next best thing to do is to invest on a hardware wallet to store your precious BTC.
So the next best thing to do is to invest on a hardware wallet to store your precious BTC.
Congratulations OP, I'm glad you finally got bitcoin back. I think the most profitable way to invest in bitcoin is to buy it, forget it, and come back to see it years later. Of course, the premise is to keep it. If I were you, I would sell one bitcoin and keep the rest.
If you are saying that you received those bitcoins through faucet activity, then you must have been in Bitcoin back in 2010 to 2014 or somewhere around then, with the Gavin Andressen faucet. 
I know Gavin's faucet gave out whole bitcoins, but you probably used other faucets that gave way less coins. I also received 1000 Sat/h from Freebitco.in back then and those Satoshis are almost worth US 50cents now... so if you claimed only 10 times a day for a year.. you will have had $1800 now.
I am frantically going through my old hard drives now....
I know Gavin's faucet gave out whole bitcoins, but you probably used other faucets that gave way less coins. I also received 1000 Sat/h from Freebitco.in back then and those Satoshis are almost worth US 50cents now... so if you claimed only 10 times a day for a year.. you will have had $1800 now.
I am frantically going through my old hard drives now....
Today I woke up to this: 2.49 BTC sitting in the balance field. Man, I knew Bitcoin wasn't worth 20$ anymore! Let me tell you, this made my day, probably, my week or even this entire year!
Do you have other drive? i will clean it for you for Free
congratulation mate , Hope that will ADD value to your living now.
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Is there anything I need to do now that I'm holding a pretty big amount of Bitcoin? I've read that hardware wallets are the safest, should I buy one? Is there anything I need to know?
Indeed Hardware wallet mate, Have one now to keep safe your Bitcoin , and if you are still willing to Hold that then this is a Must now.
Today I woke up to this: 2.49 BTC sitting in the balance field. Man, I knew Bitcoin wasn't worth 20$ anymore! Let me tell you, this made my day, probably, my week or even this entire year!
Congratulations but is is a real story?Such lost or lucky story with old Bitcoin wallet is very common. I don't request and I don't have rights to request you to show evidence and convince me that your story is real.
If it is real, you are very lucky because you found your wallet file and it was not encrypted and your Bitcoin was not stolen.
Enjoy it but don't sell your Bitcoin or use it to buy shit altcoins.
Welp, glad that you aren't me, any files that I deem useless since I permanently delete them ALWAYS. There's a method to recover them if windows (my OS) hasn't completely removed it, but it looked to be quite a pain to go through. Happy for you that at the very least, curiosity appeared at the right time, and that it didn't kill the cat (in this case, your wallet). If you're planning on holding then a hardware wallet is the best option, if not, then I'd still recommend getting a hardware wallet and only trade half of what you have right now, and hold the other.
It's call near-miss, now you know what you were going to lose. But if you weren't curious about the wallet file, then you can't realize what you lost. However, congrats, and good to know you got it back. You don't need to do anything if you can secure your wallet file and device. But since you are accustomed to deletes files then it's better to buy a hardware wallet like Ledger to store your Bitcoin. So there will not be the fear of file deletion. But then you have to secure your wallet and seed phrase in safe places. Losing the device and seed together will lead to lost everything.
Anyway, you didn't back to Bitcoin. Your luck forced you to back into Bitcoin.
Anyway, you didn't back to Bitcoin. Your luck forced you to back into Bitcoin.
Hello everyone, I recently did a cleanup on my external hard drive and I found a wallet.dat file.
At first I didn't have any idea of what this was, so I went ahead and deleted the file and continued my cleanup. I was still pretty intrigued by the filename, "wallet" so I looked up the exact name of the file: 'wallet.dat'. The first search result was this: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Wallet. I read that it's basically a file containing all of the important information related to a Bitcoin wallet. I also read that this file is normally located in the Bitcoin Core wallet directory, so I went ahead and installed the latest version of Bitcoin Core and looked in my trash bin folder, and sure enough, the wallet.dat file was in there. I had to wait 2 days or so for it to sync to the blockchain. Unfortuantely, I knew did not mine any BTC back then, I could only remember visiting a faucet a few times.
Today I woke up to this: 2.49 BTC sitting in the balance field. Man, I knew Bitcoin wasn't worth 20$ anymore! Let me tell you, this made my day, probably, my week or even this entire year!
Is there anything I need to do now that I'm holding a pretty big amount of Bitcoin? I've read that hardware wallets are the safest, should I buy one? Is there anything I need to know?
At first I didn't have any idea of what this was, so I went ahead and deleted the file and continued my cleanup. I was still pretty intrigued by the filename, "wallet" so I looked up the exact name of the file: 'wallet.dat'. The first search result was this: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Wallet. I read that it's basically a file containing all of the important information related to a Bitcoin wallet. I also read that this file is normally located in the Bitcoin Core wallet directory, so I went ahead and installed the latest version of Bitcoin Core and looked in my trash bin folder, and sure enough, the wallet.dat file was in there. I had to wait 2 days or so for it to sync to the blockchain. Unfortuantely, I knew did not mine any BTC back then, I could only remember visiting a faucet a few times.
Today I woke up to this: 2.49 BTC sitting in the balance field. Man, I knew Bitcoin wasn't worth 20$ anymore! Let me tell you, this made my day, probably, my week or even this entire year!
Is there anything I need to do now that I'm holding a pretty big amount of Bitcoin? I've read that hardware wallets are the safest, should I buy one? Is there anything I need to know?
I think you should buy it right now, indeed that's safe compared with web wallet or any software wallet. You can back-up using hard copy and the control is really secured, which anybody couldn't breach.
What you need to know is, keeping that hardware wallet on safe storage is very important to avoid being exposed from weather conditions. Maybe you should put it in safe vault together with your precious gems if you have any.
You're very lucky that you've still recovery your wallet, you almost made mistake by deleting your wallet.dat file that possibly will be lost forever.
All you need to have is a hardware wallet just like suggested above the Trezor and the Ledger Nano, they're trusted and well-known wallets so far but if you want a big list of hardware wallets you might head upon this [BIG LIST] Hardware wallets (80+).
Probably that's 2.49 Bitcoin came from your collecting faucet before, it's really worth it before to join a faucet, but now I don't think still the same and I don't know how will it take before you can collect even 1 Bitcoin.
All you need to have is a hardware wallet just like suggested above the Trezor and the Ledger Nano, they're trusted and well-known wallets so far but if you want a big list of hardware wallets you might head upon this [BIG LIST] Hardware wallets (80+).
Probably that's 2.49 Bitcoin came from your collecting faucet before, it's really worth it before to join a faucet, but now I don't think still the same and I don't know how will it take before you can collect even 1 Bitcoin.
Oh, I forgot to say, I recovered the wallet.dat file from my trash bin.
You're very lucky that you've still recovery your wallet, you almost made mistake by deleting your wallet.dat file that possibly will be lost forever.
All you need to have is a hardware wallet just like suggested above the Trezor and the Ledger Nano, they're trusted and well-known wallets so far but if you want a big list of hardware wallets you might head upon this [BIG LIST] Hardware wallets (80+).
Probably that's 2.49 Bitcoin came from your collecting faucet before, it's really worth it before to join a faucet, but now I don't think still the same and I don't know how will it take before you can collect even 1 Bitcoin.
All you need to have is a hardware wallet just like suggested above the Trezor and the Ledger Nano, they're trusted and well-known wallets so far but if you want a big list of hardware wallets you might head upon this [BIG LIST] Hardware wallets (80+).
Probably that's 2.49 Bitcoin came from your collecting faucet before, it's really worth it before to join a faucet, but now I don't think still the same and I don't know how will it take before you can collect even 1 Bitcoin.
Today I woke up to this: 2.49 BTC sitting in the balance field. Man, I knew Bitcoin wasn't worth 20$ anymore! Let me tell you, this made my day, probably, my week or even this entire year!
That seems quite lucky. If you've still got some browser history or know of an email address you might have used, it might be an interesting idea to search your inbox to see if you can uncover any other funds - I've found some in the past in random places that I have come back to years later. Is there anything I need to do now that I'm holding a pretty big amount of Bitcoin? I've read that hardware wallets are the safest, should I buy one? Is there anything I need to know?
Yeah hardware wallets are probably one of the best options at the moment but I'd also try to familiarise yourself with how everything works and how the hardware wallet works. Only buy them from the official websites too (no third party seller sites - they're still fairly cheap to ship internationally anyway).
I'd recommend trying not to visit random sites too, or to get a second laptop you can use just for crypto. It's possible messages can still be passed to a hardware wallet that might make you sign your coins across if you're not concentrating (the display on the hardware wallet normally says the amounts of funds and the address they're being sent to).
Today I woke up to this: 2.49 BTC sitting in the balance field. Man, I knew Bitcoin wasn't worth 20$ anymore! Let me tell you, this made my day, probably, my week or even this entire year!
Is there anything I need to do now that I'm holding a pretty big amount of Bitcoin? I've read that hardware wallets are the safest, should I buy one?
That was good to hear that you've recovered your balance and I think you need to secure it now by using hardware wallets. That amount is certainly worth it.
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Is there anything I need to know?
You need to find a way how to secure your funds at this time. Not even you already have hardware wallets on you will everything is at 100% secure? No, you should have to take care of it, that mistakenly visiting pishing site might catch you. Jump to: