Let's add up the KNOWN lost bitcoins - page 8.

SgtSpike

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Quote from: littlewizard on September 02, 2014, 05:04:58 PM

That 1% is a lot in my opinion, taking into consideration this is just a corner of the glacier, I guess there maybe in total 5% lost..

I wouldn't be surprised if it is more like 2M BTC lost. In the first year+ of Bitcoin's existence (during which almost 2M coins were mined) it was nothing more than an interesting experiment. The coins were worthless, and people treated them as such. I mean heck, the first known monetary valuation wasn't until Lazlo's pizza, which was mid-2010, 1 and a half years after it started. Not to mention than Satoshi himself mined a good 1M BTC, and I don't expect those will ever move.

Just my best guess on it. I'd be willing to bet that 10 years from now, there will be at least 2M coins that haven't moved between now and then.

littlewizard

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That 1% is a lot in my opinion, taking into consideration this is just a corner of the glacier, I guess there maybe in total 5% lost..

dserrano5

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Quote from: adizzle on September 02, 2014, 11:04:11 AM

4.1...... lost private key

You're expected to update the total. That's how the thread works (AFAIK).

I'll do it for you: 134578.27864659 + 4.1 = 134582.37864659

SgtSpike

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Quote from: Skrillex on September 02, 2014, 12:57:38 PM

Have you considered searching in google for all the "hard disk lost, guy trying to find it in the garbage mountains" sort of news in google? shit tonne of btcs lost man.

Those 7500 coins are included in the total lost.

Skrillex

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Have you considered searching in google for all the "hard disk lost, guy trying to find it in the garbage mountains" sort of news in google? shit tonne of btcs lost man.

xrobesx

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very interesting thread. its a shame to see so many precious bitcoins lost

adizzle

newbie

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Merit: 0

4.1...... lost private key

SgtSpike

legendary

Activity: 1400

Merit: 1005

Quote from: Ni6HTH4wK on August 30, 2014, 03:36:06 PM

Went through all the honest posts from #100 onwards...

38669.33589602
+1300
+2
+3
+7000
+.25
+27000
+5
+1
+5
+3.14482421
+31.22782779
+150
+500
+88
+0.1
+78
+4.0624
+7500
+.3
+2130.83766357
+.05
+55
+.67
+.000035
+50000
+50
+1.3

New total
BTC134578.27864659

EDIT: First post really?... I guess I've just visited and never contributed. Sad

Cheers, thanks!

Kickstart4

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Merit: 10

I never lost even a penny. I keep my account secure.

I have known people who have lost few coins as they forgot password/private keys.

haploid23

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Quote from: WhatTheGox on September 02, 2014, 06:49:08 AM

gox coins could be lost or scammed we dont know yet

I believe those 800k gox coins either moved or got split up at some point, so they are not "lost", more like theft.

WhatTheGox

legendary

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Merit: 1000

gox coins could be lost or scammed we dont know yet

dserrano5

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Merit: 1030

Quote from: haploid23 on September 02, 2014, 02:09:30 AM

I lost zero, but been scammed plenty of btc. Does that count?

No. This is about lost coins, ie those no one can spend.

BitCoinNutJob

legendary

Activity: 1330

Merit: 1000

I'd be surprised if it wasnt 1 million bitcoins lost, in the very early days people were losing them very easily from what i hear.

giveBTCpls

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Merit: 250

Quote from: haploid23 on September 02, 2014, 02:09:30 AM

I lost zero, but been scammed plenty of btc. Does that count? I was scammed ~500btc back in 2011 when the whole forum was still naive to scams, last year got scammed a bunch more on LBC due to bank reversals, then earlier this year got fuked by mtgox.

God damn 500? how in hell? I would be super depressed. And no it doesnt really count, as someone may be enjoying that money right now as we speak Roll Eyes

haploid23

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Activity: 812

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I lost zero, but been scammed plenty of btc. Does that count? I was scammed ~500btc back in 2011 when the whole forum was still naive to scams, last year got scammed a bunch more on LBC due to bank reversals, then earlier this year got fuked by mtgox.

KuromaYoichi

sr. member

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Merit: 251

Sovryn - 300-500% APY on USDT Deposit

lost 1.05 Btc
formatted a drive and lost the key

grunt

newbie

Activity: 43

Merit: 0

1.02% or $64,421,276.21 USD @ 1BTC=478.69USD

arklan

legendary

Activity: 1778

Merit: 1008

lets see... so that's what, about 1% of currently existing coins lost for good? or is that .1%?

Ni6HTH4wK

newbie

Activity: 2

Merit: 0

Went through all the honest posts from #100 onwards...

38669.33589602
+1300
+2
+3
+7000
+.25
+27000
+5
+1
+5
+3.14482421
+31.22782779
+150
+500
+88
+0.1
+78
+4.0624
+7500
+.3
+2130.83766357
+.05
+55
+.67
+.000035
+50000
+50
+1.3

New total
BTC134578.27864659

EDIT: First post really?... I guess I've just visited and never contributed. Sad

Wealthy

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Activity: 92

Merit: 10

0.00000 btc. I keep wallet secure and safe, always. Same with other currencies.

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