‘I thought I was going to be a millionaire’
Jan 28, 2022
3 minutes
By Rob Davies
Steven has lost more bitcoins than most people will own. Raised in Shetland, Scotland, he left school at 13 to become a trawler man before moving into construction, eventually earning $115,000 a year digging tunnels for the new London subterranean Crossrail route.
Despite his success, compulsive cryptocurrency trading, alcohol and drug use took over his life. Steven lost the “addresses” of between five and 10 bitcoins, rendering his digital buried treasure – worth up to $400,000 today – impossible
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