@TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoMan who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the sitewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1367arrow-down10
arrow-up1367arrow-down1external-linkMan who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the sitewww.tomshardware.com@TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-square@lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish14•edit-23 months agoHe 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-square@dejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months agoIt’s a needle in a haystack, but that’s a really valuable needle. It might actually be worth it.
minus-square@fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoYeah. 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.
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?