💥 In 2015, I bought 200 $ETH for ~$1 — just to try "what is this Ether thing". I stored it on a hard drive in Mist Wallet, thinking: alright, let it be. Then I sold the computer, left the hard drive in a drawer… and forgot.
⏳ In 2021, I remember. $ETH — over $4,000. Balance — almost $800,000. I found that very disk — but it won't boot. The wallet won't open, no seed phrases. All attempts to recover — fruitless.
🪫 That feeling: to see the funds but have no access to them — like looking at a winning lottery ticket… in a locked safe without a key.
🧠 Moral: • Never ignore backups • Store seed phrases offline and in multiple places • Even if a coin seems like a "raw startup" — tomorrow it can be the foundation of a new economy
📉 It wasn't just a coin that was lost — it was an opportunity. All because of one missing file.
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