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Man sues council for £495m over a lost Bitcoin hard drive in landfill

Man sues council for £495m over a lost Bitcoin hard drive in landfill

Mark Frauenfelder
Oct 14, 2024
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Satoshi Nakamoto monument in Budapest, Hungary (Nominesine / Shutterstock.com)
Satoshi Nakamoto monument in Budapest, Hungary (Nominesine / Shutterstock.com)

In 2013, James Howells accidentally discarded a hard drive containing the keys to 8,000 bitcoins at a recycling center in Newport, Wales. Upon realizing his mistake, he asked the local council for permission to search the landfill to recover the drive. The council denied his r…

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