Four thieves broke into a house and requested at gunpoint the inhabitants move Bitcoins into another record.
Thames Valley Police said the disturbed thievery occurred in Reading Road, Moulsford, Oxfordshire, at around 09:40 GMT on 22 January.
Four men softened up and debilitated the two men and a lady inside with what seemed, by all accounts, to be a gun.
One was advised to exchange a measure of the computerized cash yet the exchange fizzled, police said.
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He was struck to the head yet not genuinely harmed.
Police said each of the four suspects were wearing tracksuits or games attire.
Det Insp Ben Henley said they needed to address any individual who went through the town and could have dashcam or cell phone film.
"The examination is in its beginning times however introductory request recommend this might be a focused on episode," he said.