Quote from: Numerous64 on September 17, 2017, 01:30:50 PM

Quote from: HCP on September 17, 2017, 11:49:18 AM

As near as I can figure, you sent 5 BTC directly to a deposit address at an exchange (possibly Bitstamp)... It didn't go anywhere near your Electrum wallet. I suspect you may have "swept" the funds directly to the exchange.

For the record, that was the same day (15th August 2015) that the Bitcoin XT fork happened and the Bitcoin price was "only" ~USD$260... (10 days later it was $214, according to this: https://99bitcoins.com/price-chart-history/ )

Does any of this trigger any memory? Perhaps you were cashing out before the fork? Huh

Back then, your 5 coins were maybe $1250-1300... about 1/5th of what the 1.6BTC is worth now! Wink

Anyway, what you do with the 1.6BTC you have left is up to you... Do you want to cash it out or keep it? If you want to cash out then just sweep the funds into a new wallet of your choice.

If you want to keep it, maybe you should consider moving to a new wallet as well, given the lack of faith in the current private key... If you didn't send the 5BTC then it may have been compromised.

I did not even know of the fork. This seems unlikely to me, but my skepticism is on steroids now cause i cant remember doing that transaction either. Maybe i just have some serious memory loss now. Ive deleted emails from that time, for sure. I guess i need to start by looking at all the papers i have and see if any in them give me a clue of what has happened.

Maybe contact bitstamp to see if there is an account relating to my email.

Well im glad i got my 1.6 back, at least all this was not for nothing. I think 1.6 is worth the stress after all. You guys have a time machine so i can go back and a. save my coins b. slap myself in the face???

Your 1.6 btc are still safe.
And, if you wait to remember where the 5 btc were then your future self will be even happier (even if it's still without a time machine to remember how exactly the 5 btc ended up where they did (wherever they are).