Coinbase product director Conor Grogan discovered over $320,000 worth of cryptocurrency for an individual who was unaware of its existence. Grogan explained that during the Ethereum blockchain fork in 2016, those with onchain funds would have been credited an equal amount of ETH for their ETC, but many were unaware of this.
Grogan found 20 addresses with over $250,000 worth of tokens in wallets, but struggled to track down the owners due to the lack of identifying information. Eventually, Grogan was able to connect an EOS wallet to the owner's ETH address and contact them, revealing the previously unknown funds.
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