Man buys $27 of bitcoin, forgets about them, now worth $886k

[MavsSuperFan]

http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...rway-oslo-home

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

[Jameerthefear]

i remember when they first released they were cheap and i wanted some
parents wouldn't let me get em. i didn't understand what you did with them.

[highwhey]

Lucky sob

[MavsSuperFan]

i remember when they first released they were cheap and i wanted some
parents wouldn't let me get em. i didn't understand what you did with them.

You should show them this article

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...n-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