Someone mined bitcoin in 2010 and forgot about it. Now come back and reveal what I found!
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Answer Someone mined bitcoin in 2010 and forgot about it. Now come back and reveal what I found!
Bitcoin mining used to be easier than it is now.
Where it was enough to use a personal computer to mine bitcoins, which is what this user did, whose story we will discuss in the next lines.
According for post On a BitcoinTalk forum, a user mined Bitcoin using a PC when it was possible to do so, and before massive mining rigs took over.
This user headed to the “BitcoinTalk” forum asking what to do with his huge cache of bitcoins.
He wrote in “BitcoinTalk” on March 10, saying:
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I’ve been mining some bitcoins for quite some time long ago, when it was possible to mine with a GPU.
I haven’t been active here for a long time, how do I proceed with the sale?
Several BitcoinTalk members gave him some guidance.
While the miner did not specify what he was in possession of, later that day a transfer transaction of 1,000 bitcoins, worth $7.95 million at the time, was made.
These coins were originally mined on August 24, 2010, indicating that they belong to this user.
2010 mobile wallet coins pic.twitter.com/8rt0lGBtIX
– red (redxbt) March 13, 2020
It’s rare to see cryptocurrencies that have been stagnant for so long suddenly start to move.
But the bunker was probably larger than it was converted.
Since Bitcoin was mined in 2010 the wallet will also contain 1,000 Bitcoin Cash and 1,000 Bitcoin SV, meaning an additional $475,000.
This user later replied:
Thank you all for all the suggestions.
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All in all it’s a great comeback and the best one can get!
This user had the perfect timing to come back and find the $8 million in Bitcoin, but if he sold it at the time of his post (March 10), but if he was late until writing this thread, he would get half the value.
Either way it is a lucky winner.
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