BrikoXM to Interesting SharesEnglish · 1 day 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-up144arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up143arrow-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.comBrikoXM to Interesting SharesEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoPretty big gamble. He still has to find it and the code has to be recoverable.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoIt probably will be sitting at the bottom
minus-squareIcyToes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day 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-up2·1 day 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-squareIcyToes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 hours 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.
It probably will be sitting at the bottom
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.