BrikoXM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish • 3 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-up148file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up148external-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.comBrikoXM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareBjörn TantaulinkfedilinkEnglish15•3 months agoPretty big gamble. He still has to find it and the code has to be recoverable.
minus-square@IcyToes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish8•3 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-square@PunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 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-square@IcyToes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-23 months agoDoubt it, and he’d not want to tank the value for himself, so he’d likely go for a slow, steady sale.
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