# What ever happened to the bitcoin locked in the laptop?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 31, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-the-bitcoin-locked-in-the-laptop/834832 "2019-05-31T15:30:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-the-bitcoin-locked-in-the-laptop/834832/1 "2019-05-31T15:30:28Z")

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As I recall the owner died and no one could retrieve their bitcoin from his company. Searching for “bitcoin lost on computer” brings up numerous cases but none seem to be that case from last year.

Dennis

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-the-bitcoin-locked-in-the-laptop/834832/2 "2019-05-31T15:37:42Z")

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Quadriga Fintech Solutions was the company and Gerald Cotten was the CEO. [Here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadriga_Fintech_Solutions) is the Wikipedia article.

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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-the-bitcoin-locked-in-the-laptop/834832/3 "2019-05-31T16:41:29Z")

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Jeez, what a complex web of smoke and mirrors.

Dennis

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**Author:** ![icbm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@icbm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icbm)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-the-bitcoin-locked-in-the-laptop/834832/4 "2019-05-31T20:33:17Z")

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The national Canadian news has many articles tracking the case:

[https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Acbc.ca+quadriga](https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Acbc.ca+quadriga)

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-the-bitcoin-locked-in-the-laptop/834832/5 "2019-05-31T21:36:10Z")

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I wonder if the guy is really dead?