Over 3.7 million BTC — worth hundreds of billions of dollars — is believed to be lost forever, according to Chainalysis.
That’s 20% of all Bitcoin ever mined… gone.
😱 How Did It Happen?
Here’s how so much Bitcoin disappeared:
🔐 People lost their private keys
💻 Hard drives with wallets were accidentally thrown away
🧠 Early miners didn’t take backups seriously when BTC was worth pennies
⚰️ Some holders passed away without sharing their wallet info
Even though Bitcoin has a fixed supply of 21 million, the actual usable supply is much smaller. That makes BTC even scarcer — and more valuable.
💡 Crazy but True:
A British IT worker once lost a hard drive with 7,500 BTC in a landfill. He’s been trying for years to get permission to dig it up!
This is part of why Bitcoin is often called “digital gold.” Once it’s lost — it’s really gone.
🔁 RT if you’d never forget your private keys.
👇 What steps have you taken to protect your BTC?
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