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
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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