The rightful owners were bewildered to see half of the holding nets were missing, empty, or torn. The flamboyant well-healed dealers with their exotic cars, also gone. The wonderful elegant parties are now subparagraphs in legal documents. Boisterous loud condemning complaints, have given way to disappointed mutterings resembling self worth mutilation. How could a rational minded person understand it as an investment?
Digital forensic science solved the massive computer crime. The unfortunate loss of their life savings, others faired better. The storage area, the impenetrable secret coded vault, was now empty. There was not a single bitcoin in sight.
– 100 words –
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Living In Eternity 
The aftermath of the swindlers always has to be dealt with by someone else.
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Bitcoin is such a risky investment for this exact reason – topical take.
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Very topical indeed!
(You may want to change the t in lost to an s for loss 😉 )
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Dale, I see your point. I’m not sure how to do that and not mess with the word count. I’ll try harder next week. Thanks for the feedback.
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And if you do decide to change lost to loss, you can change well healed to well heeled. (Meaning “can afford good shoes.”) I think that’s the adjective you actually want.
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Ps: Just looked it up; it’s one hyphenated word. Well-heeled..
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If I ever want to publish I’ll ask you and Dale to be my editors. :::smile::: thanks ladies.
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😊 I missed that one !
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( well-healed,,,, loss of ) – I made the edit. Thanks for the schooling
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It won’t mess with the word count and you only have to edit and update your post but it’s a minor thing. Don’t bother! ☺
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Aah, so very topical, and so very true. In our quest for easy money, we so often forget the basics, and end up destroying our lives, as well as lives of those around us.
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Bitcoin investing has been likened to the Dutch Tulip mania of 1630’s,, and then crash on February1637. It is generally considered the first recorded speculative bubble. This is nothing new. Thanks for the like.
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I’ve read about that. Everyone trying to develop a tulip with a new colour.
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Dear Dan,
I don’t have a clue about bitcoins. I’m not sure I want to. 😉 Love your title. It seems the more technologically savvy the world becomes the more of a dangerous place it is. And knowledge shall increase. Scary story, nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle. I’m glad I happened upon Friday Fictioneers, and your guidance getting me started.
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A tale of times! Excellent.
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This reminds me of a dirty joke. “Pig fell in the mud.” Yes it’s stupid, but funny, when I was in 3rd grade.
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Great story and topical. I laughed when I read your last line. I fear many will be caught in the mesh.
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It’s so interesting what thoughts this picture has inspired! Your disappearing BitCoin “gone with the wind” story is a unique angle and very applicable from what I’ve read.
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It sounds like the impenetrable secret coded vault was not so impenetrable after all. 🙂
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You are right. Every impenetrable vault is impenetrable,,,, until it’s not. Thanks for reading.
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