TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days 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-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 · 8 days agomessage-square81fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarelemmydividebyzero@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-27 days 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-squareshastaxc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoIf 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-up1·6 days 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?
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoIt’s a needle in a haystack, but that’s a really valuable needle. It might actually be worth it.
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…
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?
It’s a needle in a haystack, but that’s a really valuable needle. It might actually be worth it.