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MavsSuperFan
11-02-2013, 03:19 PM
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/29/bitcoin-forgotten-currency-norway-oslo-home

[QUOTE]The meteoric rise in bitcoin has meant that within the space of four years, one Norwegian man

Jameerthefear
11-02-2013, 03:31 PM
i remember when they first released they were cheap and i wanted some :lol
parents wouldn't let me get em. i didn't understand what you did with them.

highwhey
11-02-2013, 03:37 PM
Lucky sob

MavsSuperFan
11-02-2013, 04:14 PM
i remember when they first released they were cheap and i wanted some :lol
parents wouldn't let me get em. i didn't understand what you did with them.
You should show them this article :lol

Depending on when you were going to buy they may have literally cost you a fortune.

i remember reading a story a while ago about this guy that forgot the password to his bitcoin wallet. if i remember right he had about $120k he couldnt access because he forgot the password. he could still watch the value increase/decrease but never access it.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-10/meet-the-bitcoin-millionaires

[QUOTE]Many people have lost some data while reformatting a computer hard drive. Jered Kenna lost more than that. In 2010 he erased from his computer 800 Bitcoins that have been worth more than $200,000. Kenna isn’t upset: He has plenty more. He says he bought his first batch of virtual currency, 5,000 coins, at 20