TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Man who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the sitewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1374arrow-down112cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1362arrow-down1external-linkMan who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the sitewww.tomshardware.comTheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square81fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarelemmydividebyzero@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-21 年前He lost the coins in 2013 or before. The price was then $15 or even lower… If he just bought 100 BTC for only $1.5k in 2013, he’d now have 10 million dollars…
minus-squareDejected Warp Core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 年前It’s a needle in a haystack, but that’s a really valuable needle. It might actually be worth it.
minus-squareshastaxc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 年前If my math is right then he would have had to have $117k in bitcoin at that time to have $780m now. That is a lot of money to lose even back then.
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前Yeah. I mean I didn’t buy $15 in bitcoin 15 years ago (have never bought any, never will), and I’m not obsessed about it. Is it really any different for this guy?
He lost the coins in 2013 or before. The price was then $15 or even lower…
If he just bought 100 BTC for only $1.5k in 2013, he’d now have 10 million dollars…
It’s a needle in a haystack, but that’s a really valuable needle. It might actually be worth it.
If my math is right then he would have had to have $117k in bitcoin at that time to have $780m now. That is a lot of money to lose even back then.
Yeah.
I mean I didn’t buy $15 in bitcoin 15 years ago (have never bought any, never will), and I’m not obsessed about it.
Is it really any different for this guy?