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Bitcoin (BTC) Veteran Reveals Why He Almost Sold His Bitcoin (BTC) in 2012

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Thu, 21/05/2020 - 13:15
Bitcoin (BTC) Veteran Reveals Why He Almost Sold His Bitcoin (BTC) in 2012
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George Mandrik is a Bitcoin (BTC) pioneer and a former engineer on Charlie Shrem’s Bitinstant crypto exchange. While Mr. Mandrik is experiencing some excitement from the ‘Satoshi funds’ move, he has recalled a nostalgic story of one failed sell-off.

Bitcointalk may confuse

According to Mr. Mandrik, he was very close to a panic sell-off in 2012. A suspicious link was published in one of the Bitcointalk threads.

This thread was linked to a site that allegedly listed every private key. Had this been true, every Bitcoin (BTC) wallet would have been exposed to an ingenious hack since a private key is all a malefactor needs to access a user’s funds.

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Eight years ago the Bitcoin (BTC) community was tiny and the existence of such a list was possible in terms of data storage. That’s why even Bitcoin (BTC) expert George Mandrik was confused.

However, he decided to look at peoples’ reactions to this strange announcement and it paid off.

Where’s the trick?

It’s kind of fun, but this site is still around today. And it really contains every private key for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).

Every Bitcoin and Ethereum private key is on this website

Every key is procedurally generated on the fly when a page is opened. So, you can just get a random Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH) key for fun.

The project accepts donations and is non-profit.

Mr. Mandrik ironically summarized his trading story as: 

Living the highs and lows is how a boy becomes a man

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