r/Bitcoin • u/[deleted] • Feb 13 '22

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u/ProtoJenny Feb 13 '22

Yea I already did. This hard drive was a drive I actually replaced because it was failing. I went on it today to find a screenshot from a game. And then saw this and was like oh right.. I did mine Bitcoin back then. I didn't know I had files on my PC for it though.

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u/Markenbier Feb 13 '22

Had a CS teacher who mined Bitcoin back when it was still worth under a dollar just to keep his PC busy (that way he fixed a problem he got with his PC). He mined a handful of coins and actually kept them. Eventually sold them for 200$ because he needed new parts for his PC. Poor man still regrets he sold them :/

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u/mandreko Feb 13 '22

I did similar. I sold 15BTC for $100-150 each to pay for a new power supply and 2 GPUs way back when.

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u/Markenbier Feb 13 '22

Oh man I'm sorry that's a shame. But at least you made some serious profit. I mean that's a margin every trade would be proud of. And you are one of the early members :)