TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 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-square72fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 12 days agomessage-square72fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarelemmydividebyzero@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 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 im 2013, he’d now have 10 million dollars…
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoIt’s a needle in a haystack, but that’s a really valuable needle. It might actually be worth it.
minus-squareshastaxc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 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.
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 im 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.