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Re: How many Bitcoins are lost forever?
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lorylore
on 10/09/2015, 12:04:47 UTC
Someone have lost 40 BTC to this address: https://blockchain.info/address/1111111111111111111114oLvT2 2 days ago... That address already had 3 BTC balance there before (but some are from 2010/2011 when BTC price was low, and people burn them maybe for fun), but someone have burned ~9.5k$ worth now... (The story of that address is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=237143.0)

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Will check that later as blockchain seems down for me.

There id no such term as 'lost forever' for bitcoin. Because private key is shared by many people. Someone may have the pk of satoshi wallet by 2050.

This is only possible if the Quantum Computers comes in the market, they can decrypt/bruteforce mostly everything.