BrikoXM to Interesting [email protected]English • 1 day ago[Article] Man who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the sitewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: technologytechnology[email protected][email protected]
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-link[Article] Man who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the sitewww.tomshardware.comBrikoXM to Interesting [email protected]English • 1 day agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technologytechnology[email protected][email protected]
minus-squareBjörn TantaulinkfedilinkEnglish13•1 day agoPretty big gamble. He still has to find it and the code has to be recoverable.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 day agoI think this is a gamble type thing. No win, no fee investors, but they’ll make a killing if it pays off.
minus-square@PunnyNamelinkEnglish2•1 day agoI imagine if he actually did find the drive and recovered it, the crypto bros would put a hit out on him to avoid him tanking the value by selling it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-24 hours agoDoubt it, and he’d not want to tank the value for himself, so he’d likely go for a slow, steady sale.
Pretty big gamble. He still has to find it and the code has to be recoverable.
It probably will be sitting at the bottom
I think this is a gamble type thing. No win, no fee investors, but they’ll make a killing if it pays off.
I imagine if he actually did find the drive and recovered it, the crypto bros would put a hit out on him to avoid him tanking the value by selling it.
Doubt it, and he’d not want to tank the value for himself, so he’d likely go for a slow, steady sale.