If
you lose access to the private keys, you lose access to the Bitcoins.
Not exact matches
Giving your
private key to somebody else means giving them
access to your cryptocurrency —
losing your
private key means
losing your cryptocurrency forever.
If your
private key (s) or other
access credentials are
lost, you may
lose access to your Tokens.
Before any User decides
to purchase, hold and use digital tokens, the User should make certain that he fully understood all risks, including but not limited
to risk of
losing access to tokens due
to loss of
private key (s), risks associated with the ethereum platform protocol, risk of hacking and security weaknesses, risk of uninsured losses, risks associated with uncertain regulations and enforcement actions.
There have been stories about people who have
lost their bitcoin
private keys and have been unable
to access their own money.
That
private key can be moved between devices, so if you
lose it, you
lose access to your funds.
IF YOU
LOSE ACCESS TO YOUR BITCOIN WALLET OR YOUR ENCRYPTED
PRIVATE KEYS AND YOU HAVE NOT SEPARATELY STORED A BACKUP OF YOUR WALLET AND CORRESPONDING PASSWORD, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ANY BITCOIN YOU HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WALLET WILL BECOME INACCESSIBLE.
If your
private key is
lost they will not be able
to help regain
access to your funds on that account.
People will
lose their
private keys and
lose access to their wallets forever, they'll send money
to the wrong address that doesn't belong
to anyone, governments and corporations will stockpile it instead of spending, etc..
You need your
private keys to spend your bitcoins, so if someone gains
access to your
private keys, they can (and will) spend your bitcoins, and your bitcoins will be
lost to you.
With this being said, it is important
to remember that
losing your
private keys or allowing someone else
to get
access to them jeopardizes your money.
The statement in a tweet above from Musk alludes
to his having
lost the
private key to the wallet which contains the BTC, meaning he can not
access it even if he wanted
to.
But keep in mind that if you
lose your
private key, you yourself won't be able
to access your funds, either.
The recovery
private key ensures that you never
lose your funds in the case you not able
to access your wallet, you can easily recover your coins if you have your wallet
private keys.
They can only be
accessed by public and
private keys, and in order
to retain their security features, if you
lose the
keys you will not be able
to access them again.