BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 days 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-up145arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up144arrow-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.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareIcyToes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days 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-up3·1 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-up3·edit-210 hours agoDoubt it, and he’d not want to tank the value for himself, so he’d likely go for a slow, steady sale.
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.