I've always wondered how many Bitcoins are lost, never to be recovered.
I read an interesting story back in 2013 (long before I had any interest in cryptocurrencies) about a man who had dumped his computer with 7500 Bitcoins valued at over £4m and had spent months looking for it in a dump site. I'm not sure how accurate this story is but it made for a good read. The story resurfaced recently but with an updated value of the loss this poor man has incurred - it's now running in the tens of millions.
Here's the story for those interested:
But this has made me think how much is currently 'lost' and will there ever be a way of recovering lost Bitcoins. The consensus on forums I've read on this topic is that it is very unlikely that a recoveries will ever be made.
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