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A Reddit user on r/Bitcoin posted that they bought a small amount of Bitcoin in 2015 via QuickBT and recently found the Bitcoin address in their emails, which a lookup site shows still holds a decent chunk of coin. They ask how to retrieve the Bitcoin, stating they only have the address and know virtually nothing about crypto.
Why “Rumor”
- Only community or trader posts: r/Bitcoin
0 independent source groups across 1 post · evidence score 9/100. How labels work
Market around the story
| Asset | Price at first report | 6h before | 1h before | 1h after | 6h after | 1h move vs normal | 24h volume vs median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTC | $82,376 | +0.42% | +0.03% | −0.27% | −0.35% | 0.7σ | 1.1× |
Returns are measured from the moment the story first appeared. “vs normal” compares the move with the asset's typical hourly move over the previous 30 days.
What the sources claim
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The user purchased a small amount of Bitcoin in 2015 on QuickBT, which shut down in 2018. BTC
“Back in 2015, I purchased a small amount of Bitcoin on QuickBT (which shut down in 2018)”
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The user found the Bitcoin address in their emails and a lookup site shows it still appears valid and contains a decent chunk of coin. BTC
“I recently found the Bitcoin address in my emails and, based on a Bitcoin address lookup website, it still appears to be valid and contains what is now a decent chunk of coin.”
r/Bitcoin -
The user only has the Bitcoin address and asks whether retrieving the Bitcoin is possible. BTC
“All I have, to my knowledge, is the address.”
r/Bitcoin
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Summary and claims extracted by AI with prompt analyze-story@5 on 2026-10-16 09:20 UTC. Labels are computed from the sources, not by the model.