💰 After more than a decade, James Howells has finally given up his search for the hard drive he accidentally threw away in 2013, which contained 8,000 #Bitcoin, now worth over 950 million dollars.
- For the last 10 years, Howells attempted to recover the drive from the Newport landfill, requesting permits from the council, which were always rejected for environmental and health reasons.
- He proposed a million-dollar technological plan using drones, robots, and artificial intelligence to search for the drive without damaging the environment, and secured private funding to carry it out.
- Despite his efforts and becoming a media figure, he never obtained the necessary authorization to excavate.