Sky-high garbage! 750 million dollars worth of Bitcoin hard drive buried in a landfill, owner gives up after 12 years!
Breaking news! The hard drive terminator has announced abandonment!
After chasing for a full 12 years, the British man who accidentally threw away 7500 Bitcoins as garbage—James Howells—has finally admitted defeat.
This incident dates back to 2013. This former IT guy from Wales accidentally tossed a magical hard drive containing Bitcoins into the trash while cleaning. Now this treasure is buried in a large landfill in Newport, becoming one of the most famous and expensive 'lost items' in the cryptocurrency world. Just think, those 7500 Bitcoins are worth nearly 750 million dollars today!
To recover this 'sky-high hard drive', he has really gone through a lot over these 12 years:
He spent money designing several multi-million dollar excavation plans, hoping to dig open the landfill;
He tried to bribe the local government, promising them a cut once the Bitcoins were found;
He even brought in AI, drones, and engineering teams, employing various high-tech methods!
Unfortunately, local authorities flatly refused to allow him to dig. Year after year of rejection, unable to obtain permission, Howells is now completely disheartened and has decided to give up.
As for that 750 million dollars? It’s basically equivalent to permanently disappearing, rotting in the landfill.
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