Man buys used laptop and finds 60 bitcoins, current value would be millionaire

The idea of ​​simply “finding lost bitcoins” on a flash drive or hard drive is almost an impossible dream. With the price of Bitcoin (even low by today’s standards), everyone takes every possible care of their coins, but a while ago it was not uncommon to find certain hidden fortunes.

In a recent post on Reddit, a user recalled another post from 2015, by a user who bought a laptop with 60 bitcoins in 2015 and spent it all.

The original post is about a user who tells how he bought a used laptop with a wallet with 60 bitcoins on the balance, an excellent value even for the time.

O redditor told at the time that he was scouring garage sales (usual in the US) when he found an old Dell laptop that was in good condition, so he paid $50 for the laptop, but the equipment came with a surprise.

He had an old version of Bitcoin QT that contained about 61 BTC in an unencrypted wallet, with the help of a friend who knew more about cryptocurrencies, he transferred the amount to his own wallet, and announced it would sell half of cryptocurrencies to buy a car† He even asked if he was in a bad mood in this case:

“Am I a terrible person for not going to return Bitcoins?”

Finally, after heeding the advice of other Reddit users, he decided to return some of the money to the family from whom he bought the notebook.

“I have decided that I will send them an anonymous letter with $1000 in cash and use the rest to buy my new mustang. Hurrah! Thanks for all the advice guys.”

Today, the found value would be US$1.8 million.

At the time of the original post, the average value of Bitcoin US DOLLAR$ 313, that is, the user made a profit of US$18,700, more or less, which is enough to buy a used Mustang, if he waited a few years, he would buy a new Lamborghini.

Today, the 60 bitcoins would be worth $1.8 million, a very generous amount and much higher than it was back then. And maybe the user will regret selling so quickly. However, this is not a reason why people are currently criticizing Bitcoin’s use in the past.

Messages declaring investors “stupid” for selling bitcoins in the past are not common. Pizza Day itself is used by some as a reminder to “never sell”.

However, people who used their Bitcoins to buy cars, houses, pizza or whatever they wanted at the time actually helped bolster the crypto market by showing that it was possible to use BTC as a way to buy real goods. using the crypto market Bitcoin as its currency, as it was created to be used.

With that, those who found the 60 BTC in 2015 might even regret it, but it was also important in the history of the crypto market.

Source: Live Coins

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