He Bought 1,400 Bitcoins for $25 and Threw Them Away Like Trash
In 2010, Australian journalist Campbell Simpson spent $25 on 1,400 bitcoins—just over a cent each—and stored them on an external hard drive, mixed in with pirated movies and university assignments. During a big cleanout in 2012, he threw away the old cables and USB drives, along with that hard drive. It was only months later that he remembered—not the coins, but a video on the drive that was hard to find online. By then, bitcoin had climbed to $2.50, making his 1,400 coins worth over $3,500. I don’t even want to calculate what they’d be worth now. I’ll admit it: these days, I don’t dare throw away any of my old hard drives. Have you ever thrown something away and regretted it afterward?
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In 2010, Australian journalist Campbell Simpson spent $25 on 1,400 bitcoins—just over a cent each—and stored them on an external hard drive, mixed in with pirated movies and university assignments. During a big cleanout in 2012, he threw away the old cables and USB drives, along with that hard drive. It was only months later that he remembered—not the coins, but a video on the drive that was hard to find online. By then, bitcoin had climbed to $2.50, making his 1,400 coins worth over $3,500. I don’t even want to calculate what they’d be worth now. I’ll admit it: these days, I don’t dare throw away any of my old hard drives. Have you ever thrown something away and regretted it afterward?
#比特币 #币圈趣闻 #丢币 #比特币历史 #ColdFacts
