“Lost Bitcoin” by Charles – 2.29.24

Entry Submitted by Charles at 7:30 AM ET on February 29, 2024 James Howell lost his Bitcoin wallet in 2012. That was the same year I lost my own.  I had a Bitcoin digital wallet on a Samsung Note 7 tablet which contained slightly less than 2 Bitcoins when I “power washed” the device.  I destroyed the digital wallet.  I lost only about 1.5 BTC, worth maybe $25 at the time.  Today it would be worth over US$80,000. Several people have tried to convince me that the “blockchain” contains the transactions which would prove that I still own the Bitcoin; that’s…