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Board Beginners & Help
Re: where goes the lost bitcoins?
by
TryNinja
on 18/11/2017, 18:40:40 UTC
It goes nowhere. There is no way to recover or recycle those coins after someone lose access to them, so they just stay there forever.

Satoshi Nakamoto: "Lost coins only make everyone else's coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone."