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I never thought I would witness something like this unfold in real life, especially close to home.

I have an uncle who has always loved technology. That's all I really knew about him when I was younger. He was a government worker at the time, and everything seemed fine. He was married with two kids, and life was going well until he had an accident.

The accident cost him both of his legs. Since then, his wife took over everything, and they moved far away from us, which caused our relationship to fade. Now, all we do is talk on the phone.

The last time I heard anything about him was when my mom told me that his wife had divorced him. He had no money or means to take care of his family which lead to the divorce but he did do something right.

In those days when we used to discuss technology, he mined Bitcoin (BTC) in an old pool. He referred to his mining rig as the "7970." However, since the value of Bitcoin wasn't very high at the time, he just left it in an old wallet.

A few days ago, he called my mom, saying he needed to speak to me. I later got in touch with him, and he asked me how to import his BTC private key. He said, "Do you remember that I mined Bitcoin with the 7970?" I replied yes, and he mentioned he didn't know how to import the key.

He was quite sure that he had something left in the wallet. After helping him out, I discovered he had 0.48 BTC in there. This has saved him, I believe. He wanted to send me something as a thank-you, but I refused because he needed the money more than I did.

His son doesn't look back, the daughter married to another man and they are out of the country. I hope we don’t end up having children who will never look back and take care of us in the future.

Please understand that I don’t like discussing my family online, but this experience has been surprising and provided a valuable lesson. It's a reminder for those who are taking care of their families without planning for their own futures. Your partner can leave you, your child can become indifferent, so always have something set aside just in case.

Wow, even after losing his legs due to an accident his wife left him alone with no way to support himself? Thats petty. What an awful wife. Terrible thing when your own family won't care for you in your time of need. Makes me question how the man treated his family also you have to look at both ends of the stick but still. I mean losing one leg is a lot but both legs? I mean holy hell thats life changing and awful at the same time. Feel bad for the guy, thank God he mined that bitcoin way back when.

That can happen in family so we should prepare for the worst thing that may happen. That guy really luck saved his Bitcoin from the old time so he can use Bitcoin and sell it if he want. That will change his life because with the money he had, he can start a new life with or without his family.

Well, he saved himself and Bitcoin saved him by giving a chance to have a better life than before. You, @OP are part of that guy so you should happy seeing him can survive in his hard situation. It is sad story but there is something good behind this story and make him survive. Now, he can enjoy the money and do something for himself so he can earn money.

He can certainly now afford to upgrade his lifestyle with some high tech machinery for better mobility. Hopefully he can find a way to make that little easter egg last and he can build upon it. It truly is a sad story and I do hope that OP can and will do everything in his power to help this poor man. Anyways, good thing to have Bitcoin always! Whether for a rainy day or just in case your legs fly off!!!! Too soon? I am so sorry. I couldn't resist a little funny joke, lets kick it off to the next topic. I know some people can't stand that. I didn't mean to get off on the wrong foot. Why don't you just dip your toe in the water and see it from my heel side hahahhahhahhhahah. Okay okay anyhow gotta run!!!! Lmfao I am so imature sometimes.