BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months 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-up146arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.setechnology@lemmy.worldbwockchain@lemmy.ml
arrow-up145arrow-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.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.setechnology@lemmy.worldbwockchain@lemmy.ml
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoPretty big gamble. He still has to find it and the code has to be recoverable.
minus-squareIcyToeslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoI think this is a gamble type thing. No win, no fee investors, but they’ll make a killing if it pays off.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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-squareIcyToeslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoDoubt it, and he’d not want to tank the value for himself, so he’d likely go for a slow, steady sale.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt probably will be sitting at the bottom
Pretty big gamble. He still has to find it and the code has to be recoverable.
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.
It probably will be sitting at the bottom