"Mined the wrong Bitcoin, now I've got 37 million worthless Satoshis"

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Jendyai

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"Hey guys, just had one of those days - I was trying to mine some test BTC on an old rig and it looks like I mined a bunch of worthless Sats instead of the regular stuff. I've got a wallet with 37 million of these 'worthless' Satoshis now, which is pretty wild. Anyone know if there's a way to exchange these for actual BTC or do I just get to add some 'sentimental value' to my worthless coins?"
 
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Дмитрук

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"Dude, that's crazy talk. You think 37 million sats are worthless? I'd kill to have a fraction of that in my wallet, even if it's not the main chain"
 
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"Dude, I feel for ya! You gotta check into the Bitcoin SegWit fork or that Bitcoin Unlimited thing from a few years back, you might've mined on the wrong chain. Either way, that's a whole lotta worthless Satoshis"
 
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"ouch, that's a major bummer! Did you try contacting the Bitcoin devs to see if they can help you out, or get in touch with the miners who issued the blocks containing those satoshis? Maybe there's a way to salvage something out of it"
 
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"Omg dude, sounds like a real nightmare. Did you at least verify the block number and transaction ID before cashing out or selling? Hopefully you didn't invest too much into the 'wrong' BTC"
 
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