Topic: Lost my bitcoin - page 3. (Read 1169 times)
Omg of course never email yourself wallet details. The only way that would make sense is if it was encrypted, which most people wouldn't have a clue how to do properly. Blockchain.info is notorious for terrible security too. I'm so sorry for your loss. This is awful.
Hello all, I been a long time reader here but have only recently signed up.
I started mining bitcoin in 2015. I saved up and brought 2x second hand s3 antminers and a 1x s1 antminer, I was really interested in the blockchain tech and had to have a piece of the pie.
I mined just over 4btc which had been sitting in my blockchain.info wallet. One day I couldn't access my email due to wrong password, I finally got access back into my email and noticed a few emails had been deleted as well as the one which contained my wallet details, lucky I had a .txt backup. Urgently I log into my wallet and found I had been a robbed, all my btc was gone. My heart sunk, I feel so bummed all that work and money for nothing.
My advice is
Dont keep you wallet details in your email or online at all.
If you have bitcoin dont tell anyone
Use an offline or physical wallet
Dont make the same mistake as me
I started mining bitcoin in 2015. I saved up and brought 2x second hand s3 antminers and a 1x s1 antminer, I was really interested in the blockchain tech and had to have a piece of the pie.
I mined just over 4btc which had been sitting in my blockchain.info wallet. One day I couldn't access my email due to wrong password, I finally got access back into my email and noticed a few emails had been deleted as well as the one which contained my wallet details, lucky I had a .txt backup. Urgently I log into my wallet and found I had been a robbed, all my btc was gone. My heart sunk, I feel so bummed all that work and money for nothing.
My advice is
Dont keep you wallet details in your email or online at all.
If you have bitcoin dont tell anyone
Use an offline or physical wallet
Dont make the same mistake as me
Thanks for sharing your advices with us and so sorry about your lost. Indeed, it's better NOT to save/share our important personal informations online (the lesser we share, the better we are)
PS: What you're going to do with your 2x second hand S3 antminers and 1x S1 antminer? Are you going to start mining Bitcoin again, or you're going to mine other alt coins?
Thankyou for the advice, I couldn't imagine losing that much btc. Please send me your wallet address as I would like to send you a small donation, it wont be much but at least it will get you started on your new btc journey
losing a bitcoin is like losing a treasure. I feel sorry for your loss. Im sorry.
Sorry to hear about your losses, I can imagine losing BTC is painful. I agree that we shouldn’t store our BTC in online wallets for the long term. Get a hardware wallet, it is worth the investment.
Wow, sorry for your loss. I keep my coins on my Ledger from www.gotcryptowallet.com/ so I hope to avoid what happened to you. I'm keeping it and forgetting about it just like my retirement fund.
If you must use online wallet (like such as say Block Chain) my advice would be:
1) Sign up with a brand new email address, tell NO ONE of this email address and never use it for anything other than correspondance to your online wallet provider.
2) Ensure both your online bitcoin wallet and email account has extremely long secure passwords
3) Enable 2 factor authentication to your phone and any additional secondary password for sending bitcoins from your online wallet. Again, ensuring that nothing ties your phone number to the email you used to sign up for your wallet by having a brand new one.
4) Keep any computer or mobile device you use to access it clean from malware and viruses, if unsure, dont use it.
1) Sign up with a brand new email address, tell NO ONE of this email address and never use it for anything other than correspondance to your online wallet provider.
2) Ensure both your online bitcoin wallet and email account has extremely long secure passwords
3) Enable 2 factor authentication to your phone and any additional secondary password for sending bitcoins from your online wallet. Again, ensuring that nothing ties your phone number to the email you used to sign up for your wallet by having a brand new one.
4) Keep any computer or mobile device you use to access it clean from malware and viruses, if unsure, dont use it.
Sorry to hear that... I was just like you, now I'm starting to care more about securing my bitcoins.. I Just got a hardware wallet after reading many terrible stories from users of online wallets.
Hello all, I been a long time reader here but have only recently signed up.
I started mining bitcoin in 2015. I saved up and brought 2x second hand s3 antminers and a 1x s1 antminer, I was really interested in the blockchain tech and had to have a piece of the pie.
I mined just over 4btc which had been sitting in my blockchain.info wallet. One day I couldn't access my email due to wrong password, I finally got access back into my email and noticed a few emails had been deleted as well as the one which contained my wallet details, lucky I had a .txt backup. Urgently I log into my wallet and found I had been a robbed, all my btc was gone. My heart sunk, I feel so bummed all that work and money for nothing.
My advice is
Dont keep you wallet details in your email or online at all.
If you have bitcoin dont tell anyone
Use an offline or physical wallet
Dont make the same mistake as me
I started mining bitcoin in 2015. I saved up and brought 2x second hand s3 antminers and a 1x s1 antminer, I was really interested in the blockchain tech and had to have a piece of the pie.
I mined just over 4btc which had been sitting in my blockchain.info wallet. One day I couldn't access my email due to wrong password, I finally got access back into my email and noticed a few emails had been deleted as well as the one which contained my wallet details, lucky I had a .txt backup. Urgently I log into my wallet and found I had been a robbed, all my btc was gone. My heart sunk, I feel so bummed all that work and money for nothing.
My advice is
Dont keep you wallet details in your email or online at all.
If you have bitcoin dont tell anyone
Use an offline or physical wallet
Dont make the same mistake as me
First I would just like to say how I’m very sorry for your loss and thank you for the heads up and advice. THIs is clearly an illustration how even if we get successful on this as long as it is not on our hands it can get lost or disappeared.
Thank you for advice. How about the private email just special to store wallet detail with no access as a normal email? Is it still dangerous?
I hope it will happen to anybody else.
I hope it will happen to anybody else.
I feel sorry for you bud. At $16,000 usd per bitcoin today that is a real bummer. Maybe your a victim of a phishing website, they can steal your credentials and hacked you.
Sorry to hear that you lost your coin. Wallet security is very important, I suggest hardware wallets such as trezor or ledger. They are pretty darn secure! Otherwise assume that someone will be trying to hack your stuff. oh, and also read up on making strong passwords. It is very possible to make passwords for email and other accounts that are secure, hard to brute force, and easy to remember.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Hello all, I been a long time reader here but have only recently signed up.
I started mining bitcoin in 2015. I saved up and brought 2x second hand s3 antminers and a 1x s1 antminer, I was really interested in the blockchain tech and had to have a piece of the pie.
I mined just over 4btc which had been sitting in my blockchain.info wallet. One day I couldn't access my email due to wrong password, I finally got access back into my email and noticed a few emails had been deleted as well as the one which contained my wallet details, lucky I had a .txt backup. Urgently I log into my wallet and found I had been a robbed, all my btc was gone. I heart sunk, I feel so bummed all that work and money for nothing.
My advice is
Dont keep you wallet details in your email or online at all.
If you have bitcoin dont tell anyone
Use an offline or physical wallet
Dont make the same mistake as me
Thanks for you sharing, wish more luck for you I started mining bitcoin in 2015. I saved up and brought 2x second hand s3 antminers and a 1x s1 antminer, I was really interested in the blockchain tech and had to have a piece of the pie.
I mined just over 4btc which had been sitting in my blockchain.info wallet. One day I couldn't access my email due to wrong password, I finally got access back into my email and noticed a few emails had been deleted as well as the one which contained my wallet details, lucky I had a .txt backup. Urgently I log into my wallet and found I had been a robbed, all my btc was gone. I heart sunk, I feel so bummed all that work and money for nothing.
My advice is
Dont keep you wallet details in your email or online at all.
If you have bitcoin dont tell anyone
Use an offline or physical wallet
Dont make the same mistake as me
Hello all, I been a long time reader here but have only recently signed up.
I started mining bitcoin in 2015. I saved up and brought 2x second hand s3 antminers and a 1x s1 antminer, I was really interested in the blockchain tech and had to have a piece of the pie.
I mined just over 4btc which had been sitting in my blockchain.info wallet. One day I couldn't access my email due to wrong password, I finally got access back into my email and noticed a few emails had been deleted as well as the one which contained my wallet details, lucky I had a .txt backup. Urgently I log into my wallet and found I had been a robbed, all my btc was gone. My heart sunk, I feel so bummed all that work and money for nothing.
My advice is
Dont keep you wallet details in your email or online at all.
If you have bitcoin dont tell anyone
Use an offline or physical wallet
Dont make the same mistake as me
I started mining bitcoin in 2015. I saved up and brought 2x second hand s3 antminers and a 1x s1 antminer, I was really interested in the blockchain tech and had to have a piece of the pie.
I mined just over 4btc which had been sitting in my blockchain.info wallet. One day I couldn't access my email due to wrong password, I finally got access back into my email and noticed a few emails had been deleted as well as the one which contained my wallet details, lucky I had a .txt backup. Urgently I log into my wallet and found I had been a robbed, all my btc was gone. My heart sunk, I feel so bummed all that work and money for nothing.
My advice is
Dont keep you wallet details in your email or online at all.
If you have bitcoin dont tell anyone
Use an offline or physical wallet
Dont make the same mistake as me
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