Crypto user recovers long-lost private keys to access $4M in Bitcoin
11 Jan 2021 #Bitcoin
A student has claimed to have found private keys accidentally HODLed starting as early as 2011 which will unlock more than $4 million in Bitcoin. According to a throwaway account from BitcoinHolderThankU, the Reddit user was able to cash out roughly $4.2 million in Bitcoin (BTC) after finding the lost keys to 127 BTC on Dec. 22, when the price of the crypto asset was in the $23,000s. They later liquidated the coins in the middle of the bull run.
“I spent the next week figuring out how to safely and securely liquidate such a large amount of Bitcoin for the cheapest price possible,” said the Redditor. “I went back and forth between different [over-the-counter principal desks] and ultimately ended up selling all 127 Bitcoins for a price of $33,439.02 per coin minus a 0.15% fee. The net was roughly $4.24 million.”
They claim to have earned Bitcoin in 2011 or 2012 through “surveys, watching videos, and completing random tasks” to ultimately use the coins for purchasing in-game currency for the online game DarkOrbit. The private keys were reportedly never really missing, just forgotten on an older model Dell computer as BitcoinHolderThankU ended up not purchasing the currency.
Unfortunately, if the Redditor’s account is to be believed, they missed out on $1 million in additional profit by not holding for just a few more weeks. Since December, the price of Bitcoin has passed $41,000 to reach new all-time highs. BitcoinHolderThankU admitted they “would not have sold all 127 Bitcoin” if the same situation had played out again. “To give myself credit, I did HODL for 8-9 years which is more than the vast majority of crypto users,” they said. “I definitely would’ve done things differently if I were given a second chance.”
Top Cryptocurrencies with Price Predictions
| # | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | Volume 24h | |
| 1 |  BTC |
Bitcoin predictions | 89.6% | 18 | $48 084.51 | -1.09% | 4.69% | $904 956 857 058 | $27 961 083 561 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 74% | 50 | $3 421.97 | -2.71% | 0.11% | $402 372 528 292 | $14 651 693 364 | |
| 3 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 65.2% | 67 | $2.38 | -0.94% | -8.90% | $76 104 680 024 | $1 873 232 040 | |
| 4 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 65.6% | 70 | $411.53 | -1.39% | -0.75% | $69 192 704 719 | $1 130 545 170 | |
| 5 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 95.6% | 1 | $0.998306 | -0.16% | -0.24% | $68 176 839 441 | $56 276 623 103 | |
| 6 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 67.2% | 61 | $1.080662 | -0.51% | -1.43% | $50 382 872 054 | $2 049 227 741 | |
| 7 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 56.4% | 90 | $161.83 | 2.23% | -9.89% | $48 057 404 496 | $4 399 561 667 | |
| 8 |  DOT |
Polkadot predictions | 60.8% | 81 | $34.04 | -2.22% | 7.04% | $33 616 818 668 | $1 565 978 665 | |
| 9 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 66.8% | 75 | $0.240174 | -1.47% | -2.38% | $31 547 290 825 | $853 022 336 | |
| 10 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 90.8% | 1 | $0.998160 | -0.15% | -0.25% | $29 355 863 429 | $1 913 601 923 | |
| 11 |  AVAX |
Avalanche predictions | 67.6% | 69 | $72.99 | 1.73% | 17.93% | $16 079 530 755 | $1 649 638 415 | |
| 12 |  UNI |
UniSwap predictions | 66.8% | 64 | $24.39 | -1.92% | 2.22% | $14 920 531 930 | $258 250 447 | |
| 13 |  LUNA |
Terra predictions | 67.6% | 64 | $36.13 | 1.13% | -13.85% | $14 511 856 283 | $813 065 559 | |
| 14 |  LINK |
Chainlink predictions | 74% | 50 | $28.55 | -2.09% | 2.09% | $12 946 785 264 | $933 348 492 | |
| 15 |  BUSD |
Binance USD predictions | 94.8% | 1 | $0.998089 | -0.17% | -0.25% | $12 789 067 210 | $4 458 804 943 |
