💸 I Lost £635,000,000 in $BTC — And It’s Still Out There

In 2013, I mined 8,000 $BTC on my old laptop.

When I upgraded, I sold the laptop but kept the hard drive — it held my private keys.

One day, while cleaning, I tossed that hard drive in the bin by mistake.

At the time, it was worth a few thousand pounds.

Now?

Those coins are worth over £635 million.

The hard drive is buried somewhere in the Newport landfill.

For over a decade, I’ve begged the council for permission to dig, offered millions in rewards, even brought in investors willing to fund the recovery.

Every time, the answer was the same: No.

I’ve officially given up the fight this year… but the thought that my fortune is just rotting under piles of rubbish will haunt me forever.

🚨 Lesson: Back up your wallet. Store it safely. Never assume something has no value — one day, it might be worth a fortune.

— James Howells