๐ง๐ต๐ฒ $๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ
๐๏ธ๐ธA true crypto tragedyโฆ
Let me tell you about a man named ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐โa guy who accidentally threw away a hard drive with ๐ด,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ on it.
Yep. You read that right.
๐ด,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ.
Today? Thatโs worth $๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฌ+ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ก.
FOUR. HUNDRED. MILLION. DOLLARS.
๐๐ป ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น.
๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด.
Imagine mining Bitcoin back in 2009 like, โ LOL this internet money is funny โ..โฆand then throwing away the equivalent of a small country's GDP with your old USB cables.
๐ฃ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐๐:
He knows exactly where the drive was tossed. Heโs been begging the city to let him dig up the dump. Heโs offered to give them a ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ. Heโs teamed up with ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐, ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐๐, ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐. All to search through ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ต for one stupid little hard drive.
But the city said:
โ๐ก๐ฎ๐ต, ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐.โ
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Bro. Messy? It's generational wealth sitting under banana peels.
A reminder that early crypto stories werenโt just about gainsโthey were also about ๐๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต... ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ต.
So next time you misplace a USB stick? Just remember: Youโre probably not losing half a billion bucks. (Probably.)
๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐:
๐ง Back up your wallets.
๐๏ธ Never underestimate whatโs in the trash.
