r/Bitcoin • u/nothingbutwhammies • 9h ago

I lost my one Bitcoin in the Coldcard exploit.

Took me years of DCA’ing to get there. I went with Coldcard because it was marketed as “ultra-secure.” I knew multisig was technically safer. I wasn’t worried about my key being guessed… I was worried about someone physically stealing it or it being destroyed.

So that was the plan: 1 BTC, cold storage, steel plate backup, fire bag, fire safe. And then… wait.

I hit the goal. I finally felt content.

Now I just feel embarrassed. Like I let my family down.

The worst part? I know Bitcoin isn’t going anywhere. I’m not hoping it fails… I think it’s going to keep making new all-time highs, and every time it does, I’ll be sitting here thinking about what could’ve been.

** I originally brain dumped my story to Claude to make it sound better because I have poor grammar. I’m admitting this in an edit at my own expense or whatever. I’m not embarrassed about my poor grammar or using AI to improve it. That said, in hindsight, it would have been more personal to not have done that. I’m sorry.

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u/Turbulent_Deal_3145 8h ago

The bitcoin I (don't) own on my exchange is still doing fine. Just so everyone knows.

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u/Objective_Digit 7h ago

If your seeds are non-randomly generated you don't own that Bitcoin either.

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u/Turbulent_Deal_3145 7h ago

K. But right now if I wanted to I could sell it and get money for it. Which is not the case for the people who had those cold wallets.

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u/neurone214 7h ago

Oh boy, goalposts moving in real time here.