Millions of bitcoins are considered lost. Who will find them?
Nobody finds them. Bitcoin lost are permanently lost forever. The best thing to do is to keep your wallet very safe in order not to loose your private keys 
Topic: Is it possible to find lost bitcoins? - page 4. (Read 6398 times)
I don’t think anyone can find those lost bitcoins not unless a good hacker can find those. But for regular people, if they lost the private key or forgot their bitcoin addresses and passwords then I don’t think it could be found.
No one and never because you need private key to get that bitcoin back
i think if bitcoin sent to wrong address,it not lost,just landed to other people address,but how if that address not yet opened?i mean that address not generated,so is that bitcoin will appear in that address when it generated by someone. Nobody could find them simply because they are not hidden in some place, island or garbage can, they are hidden by math and you can’t do anything about it so I personally think they can’t be fount nor used by anyone.
f you have provided wrong bitcoin address and I think it impossible to find lost bitcoin in any transactions because you cannot privately message of those wallet owner. In other way of bitcoin lost is if your lost your key in your wallet address and it is so sad and big regrets will happen then.
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No one and never because you need private key to get that bitcoin back
Finding my missing bitcoin, I think that's impossible.
Even with the mine I think it is not necessarily getting the missing bitcoin.
bitcoin is lost because it is stored not because of scattered so it is very difficult to find it.
Even with the mine I think it is not necessarily getting the missing bitcoin.
bitcoin is lost because it is stored not because of scattered so it is very difficult to find it.
Nobody could find them simply because they are not hidden in some place, island or garbage can, they are hidden by math and you can’t do anything about it so I personally think they can’t be fount nor used by anyone.
bitcoin can not be lost. And they are only dug out, or moved from one address to another. I think if we had a password to enter the address of the thief. We will definitely find the lost bitcoin number
I think it is impossible. bitcoin can not be lost. and they are only dug out, or moved from one wallet address to another. and if no password. You can not access the address of the thief
It depends on the thief. And there is a big range of behavior. For quite a few, it's actually pretty easy to track the stolen bitcoins in the blockchain. Tools like ours (BlockSeer) help make it easier. However, thieves do have something going for them - they can just claim it was someone else! Each time the thief sends all the bitcoin to a new bitcoin address, they can claim that the ownership has changed, and it is really someone else who is the thief.
Unless you don't know the private key to your
wallet, it is not possible to recover lost bitcoins.
So all those bitcoins are probably lost and cannot
be utilized.
wallet, it is not possible to recover lost bitcoins.
So all those bitcoins are probably lost and cannot
be utilized.
if your lost bitcoin its means that address bitcoin without private key i think yes, that bitcoin wouldn't saved until the owner of thaat address take that bitcoin with the private key that match with that address
I have rcently heart about a British guy who throwed out hard drie with BTC7.5k on it.
you can find that drive and you will find bitcoins:)
you can find that drive and you will find bitcoins:)
When a user loses his wallet, it has the effect of
removing money out of circulation. Lost bitcoins still
remain in the block chain just like any other bitcoins.
However, lost bitcoins remain dormant forever because
there is no way for anybody to find the private key/keys
that would allow them to be spent again. Because of the
law of supply and demand, when fewer bitcoins are
available, the ones that are left will be in higher demand
and increase in value to compensate.
removing money out of circulation. Lost bitcoins still
remain in the block chain just like any other bitcoins.
However, lost bitcoins remain dormant forever because
there is no way for anybody to find the private key/keys
that would allow them to be spent again. Because of the
law of supply and demand, when fewer bitcoins are
available, the ones that are left will be in higher demand
and increase in value to compensate.
those bitcoin are like gift for everyone, they decrease the inflation and permits bitcoin to worth more, it is rather a good new that many bitcoin got burnt for the bitocin holders, would be nice to know how many but we will never know, its certainly much more than we all believe
Yep, and with over 1 Million bitcoins hacked from Mt Gox and Bitfinex, that's about 5% of the coins right there. Then who's to say how many have been lost over the years from people who misplaced their keys...probably at least another 1 million coins. The 21 Mil coin availability is probably more like 15 million between the hacks, lost coins, and burnt coins.
I don't think we even have 15 mil coins in circulation at this point. There are pretty much less than that. Because hey you forgot that MR. Satoshi holds more than 6% of coins in his possession too. Lolz. SO that is why the prices are rising here and we are running out of the supply. The demand well it will never stop increasing and hence it will create amphora of investors leading to more demand. We might just hit 15K rates next month or even further if investors kept everything on the serious ends
Im fully confident that the supply is now so much less the rates will boost up a lot. The whales must be knowing this and they might invest more than millions in single shot.
No one. If you lose your private keys, you cannot access your Bitcoin. This is good in one way. It gives your Bitcoin more security. So if you have all your private keys, you have control of all your Bitcoin. It is not like banks. However, in another sense, for example this scenario, it is not favourable. If you have your bitcoin stored in a ledger wallet or a USB and you lose it or break it, all your Bitcoin is lost. This is why everyone suggests that you back up your Bitcoin. Write down your private key and store it somewhere. Store your Bitcoin in multiple wallets. These are some ways that you can use to prevent you losing your Bitcoin.
Unfortunately, once they are lost they are gone forever
The only way to retrieve is the private key and if that is not known, just drops them from circulation. As another poster said, the supply and demand will just make our Bitcoins more valuable. So at least there is some good news!
The only way to retrieve is the private key and if that is not known, just drops them from circulation. As another poster said, the supply and demand will just make our Bitcoins more valuable. So at least there is some good news!
it is not possible if the missing bitcoin will be rediscovered because anyone who finds the bitcoin will return it to the person who lost it ... little talk. I've lost it until now it's back my bitcoin ...
The lost bitcoins, that is, bitcoins, to which access for various reasons have been lost, remain encrypted in the block-chain block-chain. They can be extracted from there only by cheating them. Yes, it is very difficult, but not impossible. Let's say that now it is rather difficult or even almost impossible, since decryption provides an incredible number of options. However, given the increasing cost of bitcoin and the constant development of technical progress, in the future, I think this will be possible, especially with the support of the technology itself.
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