Quote from: julempX on February 20, 2017, 06:00:09 PM

Hi,
i have found a wallet with 40 BTC.
The last transaction was 2011.
Can i take the money?
Or is it not legal?
Please Help!

Best Regards!

Transfer the 40 bitcoins to another wallet/address(if you really have the private key). if you don't someone else might find it out and do it lol. do whatever you like donate/keep/sell.

Quote from: HEPHAISTOS on February 20, 2017, 07:24:35 PM

Quote from: julempX on February 20, 2017, 06:00:09 PM

Hi,
i have found a wallet with 40 BTC.
The last transaction was 2011.
Can i take the money?
Or is it not legal?
Please Help!

Best Regards!

I was in the forum where you were, and I also found a private key that contains 150BTC, last transaction dated 2010, I wanted to post here but as you just done it, I will just see the reaction Of poeple before reacting.

Damn 150 bitcoins! Roll Eyes

Quote from: SmartIphone on February 20, 2017, 07:11:43 PM

Quote from: julempX on February 20, 2017, 06:09:10 PM

It was a private key, i found it in a forum.
Not in the darknet, in the clear Internet.

Best Regards!

Check the wallet address(es) and see if you can find something in the internet, if anyone has posted it and try to contact the owner.
Also check if someone has posted if he has lost the wallet or the private key of the address that this wallet has, I'm sure he will reward you.
If I were you I would give back to the owner (if he can prove it), just imagine if you lost 40BTC, what a bad feeling.

What if the owner is dead? probably the private key was there for 6 years.