Man who lost $245 million worth of Bitcoin
We've all seen stories of people losing winning lottery tickets and winners of huge jackpots not showing up. Unfortunately, I wonder how a man must have felt when he realized he had thrown away a portable hard drive containing 1400 bitcoins! The missing computer piece would now be worth $245 million. Campbell Simpson was moving to a new house when he accidentally threw away the portable hard drive he was using to store movies and games. What a pity !
Man who wants to dig in landfill to find lost Bitcoins
This story is very similar to that of another poor and unfortunate soul in the above story who accidentally threw away a large loot. James Howells accidentally threw away a hard drive containing 7,500 Bitcoins. Heartbroken by the massive loss, James tracked the garbage truck to a landfill in Wales and now wants to partner with financial backers to excavate the landfill and find the hard drive, worth approximately $13,125 million.
The Bitcoin he bought while drunk is now worth a fortune
The stories above seem like a monument to bad luck, but luck can come in both directions and for some people incredible things happen. In 2015, one very lucky man realized that a batch of Bitcoins he had drunkenly bought six years ago, which he had completely forgotten about, were now worth around £500,000 after being purchased for less than £20. If only everyone could make such big decisions while drunk!
Life in Bitcoin;
In one particularly strange case, a young couple decided to conduct an experiment called “life in bitcoin,” in which they agreed to live using only Bitcoin for the first 90 days of their marriage. The couple started a blog to document their experience and filmed the adventure in a documentary.
100 times profit in Bitcoin at the age of 15
Some people are just lucky, while others create their own luck. Let's face it, no one likes it very much when they notice someone much younger than them. If you're one of these people, I'd skip ahead. In 2012, a 15-year-old boy named Erik Finman was given $1,000 worth of Bitcoin as a gift by his grandmother. Just a year and a half later, Erik sold the same bitcoins and made a profit of $100,000 and an incredible 100:1 return on investment.
