Part of the CustodyStress archive of observed Bitcoin custody incidents
CS-00767
The cooperative's records were destroyed when its server room flooded.
IndeterminateCase description
A July 2020 case describes a mining cooperative that had issued paper certificates representing shares of mining output since 2017. The cooperative's records were destroyed when its server room flooded. Certificate holders had no independent record of their certificate details. The cooperative could not reconstruct who held what without the destroyed records.
Custody context
| Stress condition | Documentation absent |
| Custody system | Unknown custody system |
| Outcome | Indeterminate |
| Documentation | Unknown |
| Year observed | 2020 |
| Country | Unknown |
Structural dependencies observed
What this illustrates
Nobody had written down how to get back in. That knowledge existed only in the owner's head. It's not clear whether anyone ever regained access.
Outcome interpretation
Not enough information is available to determine the outcome.
Source
Publicly Reported
Evidence type
Forum post
Evidence link
Related cases involving documentation absent
193 cases involve documentation absent
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Framework references
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Professional Scope Boundary Matrix
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The Independent Assessment Layer in Bitcoin Custody
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