A one-time Bitcoin miner hobbyist has stumbled on an quondam wallet containing one,000 Bitcoins, in addition to many Bitcoin forks.

On March 10, a thread was posted to Bitcointalk past a self-described "newbie" making their first return to crypto afterwards a "long hiatus," seeking advice on accessing an erstwhile Bitcoin stash.

Former GPU hobbyist miner discovers wallet on a thumb drive

The user "whoamisoon" claimed to have mined some Bitcoin "a long time ago" using a GPU and had recently located the wallet.dat file on a USB storage device.

The former-miner sought communication on how to move the Bitcoins to sell, also asking if they held the same quantity of Bitcoin Cash in the wallet, and how they might be able to sell the BCH.

The user was pleasantly surprised to find that they would be able to access a myriad of forked coins, writing:

"Didn't know there have been so many forks! Awesome! Love information technology!"

1,000 BTC from 2022 moves to Coinbase wallet on March 10

After that solar day, 1,000 Bitcoins that had been mined on August 24, 2022, were identified to be moving on the Bitcoin blockchain — leading many to speculate that the coins may have belonged to whoamisoon. The coins appeared destined for Coinbase.

On March 12, the user returned to thank the forum members who had assisted him in realizing his Bitcoin bounty, stating:

"Thank you all for all the suggestions. It was overall a great return and the best welcome ane can get! Go along information technology up; I tin can see information technology helping others that are in my shoes too."

The mail suggested that whoamisoon may have liquidated their holdings prior to March thirteen — pregnant that they may have cashed out in the $7,500 to $viii,000 price range, equating to $7.five million to $8 million. The value of their corresponding BCH and BSV forked coins would have added roughly $500,000 to their payday.