Figure of the day:
20 000 000 000
dollars lost network users in bitcoins.
Almost one-fifth of the total bitcoins lost forever. This is evidenced by the research conducted by analytical blockchain startup Chainalysis from new York.
According Chainalysis, users have lost access to cryptocurrency wallets with bitcoins worth around 20 billion dollars. The most common cause was the loss of keys to the wallets.
Bitcoin is the most lost of all cryptocurrencies, since there is a longer than their competitors and alternatives. Already there are companies that spetsializiruyutsya on the recovery of such losses.
For example, specialists startup Wallet Recovery Services can restore access wallets approximately 30% of cases. Interestingly, specialists of the FBI over the past two years managed to restore access to the wallets of nearly one billion dollars.