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		qingcharles 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sleeping beauty Bitcoin wallets wake up after 14 y... Same. I mined 32 BTC circa ~2010-2011. Then I did a clean install and forgot I had everything saved on the HDD and nothing written down. I remember them being worth about $1 a pop at the time and thought "fuck it", but I never bothered minting any more.

aorloff 4 months ago [–]

I mean, if you still had the HD its likely you could recover it, and for 3.2m it would certainly cover the specialty hard drive company's fees

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