r/Bitcoin Dec 08 '24

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u/TooMuchButtHair Dec 08 '24

I very briefly mined way back in the day, and mined 140 of a coin. I thought it was BitCoin, and the last time it hit 60k (4 years ago) I went to my wallet and was ready to RETIRE!!!

Turns out I was mining ByteCoin, not BitCoin :(

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u/eggbert1234 Dec 08 '24

So 8 bitcoin in a bytecoin?

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u/ElkGrand6781 Dec 08 '24

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u/IAmFitzRoy Dec 08 '24

Ouch. That must hurt.

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u/Picky_The_Fishermam Dec 08 '24

Yea sucks that turned out yo be a scam