Bitcoin Fact No.2 Approximately 4 M Bitcoins have already been lost, could be 5 million by now According to research by Blockchain analysis company, Chainalysis (which Luno works with), as of the end of 2017, almost 4 million Bitcoin could be considered lost. Since then it is a safe guess that the number might have reached 5 million. This is almost 30% of the total Bitcoin circulating supply of 17 million. Ways by which Bitcoin can get lost • Lost or discarded devices • Forgetting about it • Sending to a wrong address • Forgotten private keys and passwords https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=782.msg8620#msg8620 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/12/03/unlucky-man-accidentally-threw-away-bitcoin-worth-100-million/ https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/bitcoin-value-james-howells-newport-landfill-hard-drive-campbell-simpson-laszlo-hanyecz-a8091371.html https://medium.com/luno-money/where-do-lost-bitcoins-go-7e8dd24abd0f https://www.ccn.com/6-million-bitcoin-is-lost-or-stolen-should-the-real-value-of-btc-higher/ https://www.paymill.com/en/blog/24-unbelievable-facts-about-bitcoin/ Bitcoin Fact No.3 The biggest Bitcoin Hack: the creation of 184 billion BTC in 2010 Till now, Bitcoin wiki has listed a total of 40 bugs in the network of different forms, but none came close to the integer overflow incident. On August 15 2010, core developer Jeff Garzik noticed that the Bitcoin Block 74638 has quite strange transaction outputs. Each transaction on the block stood at a whopping 92.2 Bn BTC apiece. The bug is known as the integer overflow bug. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=822.0 https://hackernoon.com/bitcoins-biggest-hack-in-history-184-4-ded46310d4ef https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-history-part-10-the-184-billion-btc-bug/ https://bitfalls.com/2018/01/14/curious-case-184-billion-bitcoin/ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=822.0 https://www.coinmama.com/blog/40-surprising-facts-about-bitcoin #bitcoin #cryptocurrency #altcoin #altcoins #crypto #btc $BTC #bitcoinprice #ethereum #electroneum #cardano #enjin #crypto.com #hpb #digibyte #bitcoinnews #btcnews #libra #chainlink #ripple #xrp #xrpripple #binance #bitcoinnewstoday #cryptonews #litecoin #cryptocurrencynews #news Bitcoin cryptocurrency altcoin altcoins crypto btc $BTC bitcoin price ethereum electroneum enjin crypto.com cardano digibyte bitcoin news btc libra chainlink ripple xrp ripple Binance bitcoin news today crypto news Litecoin cryptocurrency news hpb high performance blockchain $xrp $enj $etn $ltc $dgb $ada NOTE The information discussed on the Altcoin Buzz YouTube or other social media channels is not financial advice. This information is for educational, informational and entertainment purposes only. Any information and advice or investment strategies are thoughts and opinions only, relevant to accepted levels of risk tolerance of the narrator and their risk tolerance maybe different than yours. We are not responsible for your losses. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are high-risk investments so please do your due diligence and consult the financial advisor before acting on any information provided. Copyright Altcoin Buzz Pte Ltd. All rights reserved.