I'm not sure if anyone could have predicted it, perhaps some people anticipated that it would become huge, but I highly doubt anyone was expecting it to surpass $100,000. I envy those lucky ones who bought thousands of them back in the early days of 2013-2017, forgot about them and ended up recovering their wallets now. Imagine buying €1000 worth of Bitcoin in 2015 only to find them now, in 2025. It's a feeling I would love to experience, but I certainly won't, haha!

I had also recovered a few wallets a few years ago, containing anywhere from 1 to 2 mBTC, nothing special, while some others were lost forever.