- The BitMEX wallet with 1 BTC failed to make it to the Moon and instead burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere.
- The malfunctioning Peregrine lander, carrying the assets, experienced a fuel leak during its mission to the Moon and was forced to return to Earth.
- Along with 1 BTC, a physical wallet containing Dogecoin was also onboard the lander.
During the controlled descent from orbit of the Peregrine lander, the BitMEX exchange cryptocurrency wallet, holding 1 BTC, was unable to reach the Moon and ultimately burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere.
On January 8, 2024, the Vulcan Centaur super-heavy launch vehicle launched Astrobotic’s lunar landing module into space. Along with other payloads and scientific instruments, wallets containing 1 BTC and a physical Dogecoin token were onboard.
The plan was for the lander to successfully land on the Moon, but it encountered problems with its propulsion system, leading to a fuel leak during the mission.
These issues prevented the Peregrine lander from reaching its intended destination, and the Astrobotic team had to develop a complex scheme for a controlled return to Earth.
On January 19, 2024, the Peregrine lander, carrying 1 BTC and a Dogecoin wallet, burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere over the South Pacific Ocean. The journey of the device, along with Bitcoin and Memcoin, lasted 10 days and 13 hours in space.
It is worth noting that the Cryptosat also recently launched a second cryptosatellite into space.