Bitcoin investor who forgot he bought £17

[arista]

[Bitcoin investor who forgot he bought £17
of the currency checks four years later to
find it is worth £551,000
Norwegian Kristoffer Koch discovered
the currency while writing a thesis
He had forgotten his password until this year
A bitcoin is currently worth about £122]


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2479011/Bitcoin-investor-forgot-bought-17-currency-checks-years-later-worth-551-000.html#ixzz2jD2zGHdI


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One coin is worth £122



Life In The City

[Niamh.]

No way! The lucky bastard!

[Kizzy]

Doesn't bitcoin fund drug trafficking?..

[Jesus.]

How do you exchange bitcoin to real cash? Surely no bank would exchange it back?

[Shaun]

Doesn't bitcoin fund drug trafficking?..

in the same way the sterling and US dollar do, as in "they are used by some people who traffick drugs", yes...

[Kizzy]

in the same way the sterling and US dollar do, as in "they are used by some people who traffick drugs", yes...

I did mean was that not their primary purpose shaun?

[arista]

How do you exchange bitcoin to real cash? Surely no bank would exchange it back?


In Canada they have a ATM
that does it.

http://www.koco.com/image/view/-/20000484/highRes/1/-/2r7fau/-/Bitcoin-ATM-jpg.jpg