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Jones @jonesusHchrist, who describes himself as Ex-hacker tweeted on 23rd January 2021 about his re-discovery of his long-lost Bitcoins. According to his own tweets, he mined and purchased Bitcoins for $2.33 each during 2011 then.
His HD board caught fire, and he had to give up, few years later he tried to restore everything, but his BTC were remained hidden, he kept trying to restore them and finally found his lost original wallet.dat file in 2021 from recyclebin.
Jones although did not reveal exactly how many Bitcoins he had recovered from his wallet, however, another user by the name Whale Alert informed about an identified transaction of 1.5k BTC to Bitstamp exchange, if this is the same Jones, then his net worth in BTC is nearly $47 million.
His HD board caught fire, and he had to give up, few years later he tried to restore everything, but his BTC were remained hidden, he kept trying to restore them and finally found his lost original wallet.dat file in 2021 from recyclebin.
Jones although did not reveal exactly how many Bitcoins he had recovered from his wallet, however, another user by the name Whale Alert informed about an identified transaction of 1.5k BTC to Bitstamp exchange, if this is the same Jones, then his net worth in BTC is nearly $47 million.