top | item 6818746 Welsh man throws away hard drive containing £4M Bitcoin 3 points| petenixey | 12 years ago |bbc.co.uk 2 comments order hn newest [+] [-] ColinWright|12 years ago|reply Same story, different source, significant discussion:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6809065Yet more sources, no discussion:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6814293https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6815087I expect we'll see this story picked up and reported over and over again. It's about BitCoin, and everyone loves a good bit of schadenfreude. [+] [-] daniel-cussen|12 years ago|reply Dark Bitcoin. I wonder if, in the scenario where it becomes an important world currency, you'll have people looking for dark Bitcoin, and dumpster diving for it the way people currently dive for silver and gold in sunken ships.
[+] [-] ColinWright|12 years ago|reply Same story, different source, significant discussion:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6809065Yet more sources, no discussion:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6814293https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6815087I expect we'll see this story picked up and reported over and over again. It's about BitCoin, and everyone loves a good bit of schadenfreude.
[+] [-] daniel-cussen|12 years ago|reply Dark Bitcoin. I wonder if, in the scenario where it becomes an important world currency, you'll have people looking for dark Bitcoin, and dumpster diving for it the way people currently dive for silver and gold in sunken ships.
[+] [-] ColinWright|12 years ago|reply
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6809065
Yet more sources, no discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6814293
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6815087
I expect we'll see this story picked up and reported over and over again. It's about BitCoin, and everyone loves a good bit of schadenfreude.
[+] [-] daniel-cussen|12 years ago|reply