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16. The Beekeeper and the Bitcoin: The Clifton Collins Story
In this episode, we unpack one of the most extraordinary stories in cryptocurrency history: the case of Clifton Collins and his lost Bitcoin fortune.
Between 2011 and 2012, former postman Clifton Collins purchased 6,000 Bitcoins using proceeds from cannabis cultivation. To secure his growing digital wealth, he distributed the funds across 12 separate wallet accounts (500 BTC each) and printed the private keys onto paper. Seeking a safe hiding spot at his rented house in Cornamona, County Galway, he concealed the paper inside the cap of an aluminum fishing rod case.
However, when Collins was…
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