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Board Altcoin Discussion
Re: Whats the most you have lost in one coin?
by
xxxgoodgirls
on 02/01/2015, 15:45:56 UTC
You're a little late asking this since Gox. Most of the people that lost a lot are gone. But due to security issues I lost about 200 BTC.
200 BTC is quite a fair sum. What security issues caused the loss?
Mostly key management, but I'm at a loss for much of it. I brought these issues to the attention of the devs and they added safeguards for future loss prevention. That's why I'm still helping fight FUD and not divested.
Was this with BTC or another currency out of curiosity?
I never fiddled much with anything other than Bitcoin. I lost a bunch because I started a brainwallet type trivia game and imported one of the private keys into a hotwallet. Another was an issue with how I used BIP38. Others were related to backups and possibly a stolen laptop. What I have left is hopefully well secured.

Loss is such a tought teacher. I've started being paranoid since the day I risked to lose 1000DRK for security issues.