The test transaction followed a 33,100 BTC transfer two weeks ago, worth $2.2 billion at the time, from a Mt. Gox cold wallet holding creditors' funds.

The chances of Connor recovering the wallet are hard to calculate. The lake is 1 million acres and 70 miles long, while the billfold is about the size of a deck of cards.

He was fishing with his family on Lake of the Woods when he hooked a wallet. “I thought I had a big fish, and I set the hook really hard,” he said. Inside the billfold was money.

Inside the billfold was money. “My cousin Brandon, he opened the wallet up and he … said some words that you probably shouldn’t say and then he said there was some money in it and he showed ...

Inside the billfold was money. “My cousin Brandon, he opened the wallet up and he … said some words that you probably shouldn’t say and then he said there was some money in it and he showed ...

He was fishing with his family on Lake of the Woods when he hooked a wallet. “I thought I had a big fish, and I set the hook really hard,” he said. Inside the billfold was money.