In 2010, Australian journalist Campbell Simpson (Campbell Simpson) purchased 1,400 bitcoins for $ 25. Soon the man threw out the hard drive on which they were stored, and forgot about the lost hard drive. Today, at his bitcoins, he could earn about 4.8 million US dollars. His story he told on the site Gizmodo.

In 2010, the price for one bitcoin ranged from 1.2 to 1.5 cents. On one of the specialized sites, a man bought about 1,400 bitcoins for $ 25. Soon he copied a text file with a key to decrypt it to his portable hard drive, which also contained music, photos and other important files.

Soon Campbell had to move to another city. Because of the move, he decided to get rid of some unnecessary things, including from the hard drive. According to the man, he managed to transfer all the important information to the computer, and he also had other, more advanced models of portable hard drives. So he decided to throw out the old hard drive.

A few months later, Campbell remembered that he also kept his bitcoins. At that time, they already cost about $ 4,000 and were sold for 2.50 cents for one "coin". But the man was not very upset because of the lost opportunity to earn.

At that time, he received a new post, went to work with his head and for several years did not recall the loss of the hard drive.

Because of recent reports of a sharp jump in prices for bitcoins, Campbell decided to check how much he could get for them today. According to the men, the final figure plunged him into shock - the estimated cost of "capital" of his bitcoins is estimated at about 4.8 million dollars.

Campbell also said that the loss of bitcoins for him is only a funny story, he does not seek to return them and only occasionally gets upset about it.