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What to do when money lost due to lost wallet, sending money to wrong address or other mishap.

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How much bitcoin is 'lost', on average?

As the title of this question states, how much bitcoin is 'lost' (the private keys are not stored by any individual, and so will theoretically never be spent again)? I'd be looking for a percentage per year, ideally. Are there any stats on this…
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Sent btc to unknown address. Btc remains unspent

I have sent BTC to an unknown address. The BTC shows up as "unspent" on a blockchain explorer. How can I locate or retrieve the BTC?
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How does one prove that they sent bitcoins to an unspendable wallet? Proof of burn?

How does one prove that they sent some BTC to an address that no one has the private keys for? Is there an address that one can send to? Basically proof of burn.
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Searching for old bitcoin “accounts “

I recall accepting bitcoin payment several years ago when the concept was fairly new. My trouble is, I don’t know what happened to the bitcoin after the receipt. What methods are available to search for “lost or abandoned “ bitcoin? Thanks in…
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Find my block chain

How can I find all of my lost bitcoin accounts and transfer the funds? I was just recently made aware that there are multiple Bitcoin accounts in my name and a block chain. I don't know where to go from there to locate the accounts and transfer the…
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Recovering bitcoins

I purchased bitcoins in 2009 and then never really cared about it. The email address used to purchase the bitcoin is still used. However I don't have emails prior to 2010. Is there any way I can recover my bitcoins if I just have my email…
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If you "only" have to pay taxes when you sell/spend Bitcoin, why does the "boating accident" thing exist?

I keep hearing of people who "lost all their Bitcoin in a boating accident". But if simply holding Bitcoin doesn't cost you anything -- you only pay when you convert to fiat or spend the Bitcoin -- why do they want to make everyone think they have…
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I know I had Bitcoins back in the Day, but

I have all my old computers and have the hard drives, so how do I systematically go back finding which on has my bitcoins? At the time, I figured it was no big deal, but now finding the correct one, could be worth while. So my question is, how to I…
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I changed bitcoin address but the bitcoin is still stuck in the old address and i don't know how to access my former address??? Please help me

I sent bitcoin to my bitcoin core app a few weeks ago, however the app wasn't synced so i tried to export the private key but it wouldn't work, it said it couldn't work for the address, so i changed address but the bitcoins remained in the previous…
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Bitcoin to ether lost on transaction via Bity.com

Today I (tried to) use bity.com to change BTC to ETH from an Electrum to a MyEtherWallet account I was. I sent the funds using the bity.com provided specific address, but the transfer from Electrum was not complete before the transaction at bity.com…
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Is my BTC gone?

I sent 1 BTC back in 2014 to an exchange, I do not rember which Exchange I sent it to after the original transaction. Is there a way for me to track down which exchange I sent it to? Willing to give a reward for anyone who helps me.
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How to refund bitcoin after wallet recovery?

I lost my bitcoin balance after I forgot my wallet password in blockchain. Although I managed to get my wallet (same wallet with the same security phrase) recovered,my balance showed 0. Where did my bitcoin go ? Can I access them again?
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How to find wallet details with bitcoin address?

I have send my bitcoins thinking that it's the address of which I am currently using the wallet after the transaction was confirmed and I didn't receive the credit then I realized that I've sent my credits to a wallets I don't remember anything…
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Lost wallet address from 5 years ago.

I purchased 250$ worth of bitcoin back in 2012 on coinRnr and made two transfers with coinRnr with what I bought from them too two different addresses. I was quite messed up at the time since I spent most of that money on Silkroad but do know that I…
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Unconfirmed bitcoin transaction for more than 3 days

i sent bitcoins on 14.3.2016. the amount has been debited from my wallet but remains unconfirmed. i am waiting for the transaction to go through but maybe because i checked try and sent with 0 transaction fees the transaction is not being confirmed.…
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