While some are calling it a total scam , others are advising that now's the time to buy. Regardless of which side you fall on, one thing is for sure: It would be unfortunate to misplace your bitcoin these days. Some unlucky people, however, have done just that. And they're not alone. In fact, around 2. James Howell, an IT worker in the United Kingdom, began mining bitcoin on his personal laptop in The Telegraph reports that his computer broke in but he kept the hard drive in case bitcoin became valuable one day.
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It did. While cleaning his home that year, he mistakenly put the drive into a waste bin at his local landfill site in Newport, South Wales, where it got buried. The U. According to tech website Wired , the landfill is not open to the public and trespassing would be considered a criminal offense. And even if the drive were recovered, it likely would no longer work after being exposed to heavy and potentially toxic waste for so long. Many early Bitcoin investors are in a painful predicament.
They can't remember the complex security codes they originally created to gain access to their Bitcoin wallet. Plus, there's no way to reset the password if you forget, reports Fortune and The Wall Street Journal. But there's hope on the horizon. South Carolina hypnotist James Miller has recently begun helping people recall forgotten passwords and find misplaced storage devices.
Miller charges one bitcoin plus 5 percent of the amount recovered for his services, although he says his rates are flexible. Former Wired editor Mark Frauenfelder wrote his password on an orange piece of paper in January In March, he and his wife jetted off to Tokyo for vacation.
I Mined Bitcoin As A Lark In 2010. I Still Have The Old PC. Can You Recover Bitcoin?
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Thread starter lynx29 Start date Dec 8, Joined Oct 17, Messages 6, 2. Dear friends, in I had Bitcoins in my gb HDD, that HDD is still running in a computer I built for my mom, she does nothing but browse the web, and it has only been formatted once. I have no idea on any of this, so please advise if this is possible, because at 20k per coin now almost I am really really looking at all my options on recovering it. If not it is fine, but yeah, worth a shot. Please advise. Joined Mar 18, Messages 5, 1. Joined Apr 12, Messages 3, 1.
Very little chance of recovering that, formatting won't erase the previous data but since it was used with an OS installed the sectors containing the wallet could well be overwritten by now.
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Care to recommend a software brand I should buy? As long as not to expensive, it is worth the investment even if this all fails on me. Just well, because lol. Will try all 3 tomorrow. Cheers mates. Joined May 9, Messages 0. Try get data back. Joined Nov 20, Messages 4, 1.
Did you do a full format, or a quick format? If it was quick format, then it's only rewriting the file system map, which means your data is still there, but you might need to look for wallet. Usually Wallet. Joined Aug 13, Messages 0. System Specs. Last edited: Dec 8, R-T-B Supporter.
I Mined Bitcoin As A Lark In I Still Have The Old PC. Can You Recover Bitcoin?
Joined Aug 20, Messages 14, 2. I never do full formats, always quick. Thank you very much for this information, I will do my best on recovering it. Still a chance I won't get it, but who knows maybe tomorrow is my lucky day. Thanks for the info man. R-T-B said:. If you don't, I'm pretty skilled at the software side of data recovery. Feel free to contact me, I'd ask very little, and frankly, w1zzard knows where I live. Joined Oct 30, Messages 1, 0.