• notabot@lemm.ee
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    2 年前

    The bitcoin isn’t stored on the harddrive, it’s on the bitcoin blockchain, but he stored the key needed to access it on only that one harddrive. Without that no-one can access it.

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        2 年前

        Absolutely, but do mske sure the backups are secure, anyone with access to them can move those bitcoins.

      • cynar@lemmy.world
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        2 年前

        You can. However, it’s easy to not bother, particularly when bit coin were a few pence each. Now the price is sky high, it’s suddenly worth millions.

    • FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world
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      So TLDR, he stored the password or an equivalent to the password on a hard drive, and this password is needed to access the Bitcoin