Nearly 4 Million Bitcoins Lost Forever, New Study Says (fortune.com)

Posted by msmash on Monday November 27, 2017 @03:20AM from the lost-in-transition dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: According to new research from Chainalysis, a digital forensics firm that studies the bitcoin blockchain, 3.79 million bitcoins are already gone for good based on a high estimate -- and 2.78 million based on a low one. Those numbers imply 17% to 23% of existing bitcoins, which are today worth around $9,700 each, are lost. While others have speculated about the number of lost bitcoins, the Chainalysis findings are significant because they rely on a detailed empirical analysis of the blockchain, where all bitcoin transactions are recorded.

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Have They Looked Under the Seat Cushions? by nsuccorso · 2017-11-27 03:25 · Score: 4, Funny

How about the vacuum cleaner bag?
Re:Pretty sure I did mine a bitcoin by Anonymous Coward · 2017-11-27 06:13 · Score: 2, Funny

If you did it back in the beginning, you would have mined multiples of 50 coins.
Man, no reason to make me more depressed!