Yes, we can’t really know exactly how much bitcoin has been lost. If code to a certain amount is truly lost, then the bitcoin related to that...
I agree with you. Due to lost or forgotten passwords the amount of bitcoins will decrease with time ... approach zero asymptotically. Might take...
There are two issues here: physical bitcoins and bitcoin codes that allow access to trade. Physical bitcoins are often slabbed, but many still...
The next holder won't need a larger wallet. However, it does increase the block chain. Mining consists of doing bookkeeping on the block chain...
Well, in 2013, a couple of engineers started dogecoin cryptocurrency as a joke. It became popular, and total value is the millions now. Crap or...
Getting back to Randy’s question. Physical bitcoins are of two basic types. Those with the peel-off already down or off thereby exposing the...
Nice coin! Thanks for posting it. Turkmenistan is a strange place. Very much a closed dictatorship and hard for Westerners to visit. Below is...
Amazing set. The letters, the high grade, the totality ... is stunning. One of these days, I gotta git me one of them fifties ... will never happen.
After doing some research, it turns out that some (all?) Android phones create a thumbnail that is embedded in .jpg images they create. This...
Maybe I'm paranoid; maybe just like to explore image file structures. I am paranoid about secure backups though: offsite and air-gapped. I do...
Forum members are doing great at finding the messages in the image and its file. I'm impressed. Coincorgi found one. JeffB discovered one more...
Corgi, Thanks for finding this. Look's like a serious breach of security on the part of the image editing software I use. Folks crop images...
Very surprised there is an embedded thumbnail of the whole slab. Good work! How did you find it? If the cert. no. is readable, please PM it to...
Finding “round” and “history” by dictionary search of the file is a good start. “round” is in a jpg comment which has the complete sentence....
Recently there was a thread on possible insecurities in posting slab pics with the label visible. However, you may be posting data about yourself...
The example I gave was an eBay seller. They know who you are because they (seller or associates) mailed you the one coin and know the cert. no. of...
If a seller has sold a buyer a single coin just once, they have no idea about your collection or even if you are a collector. Folks sometimes...
Generally, it’s a good security measure to not post pics of slabs you own with numbers visible. I generally don’t post pics of coins I own that...
Probably kids playing. As a kid, more than once, I put a coin on a railroad track. Also shot a few. Cal
The info below is from Shanna Schmidt Numismatics who is the U.S. partner for NAC (Numismatica Ars Classica), an old, well known Swiss coin...
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