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Accidentally threw away 8,000 Bitcoins, sued the city for not digging through the landfill to find them.
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Accidentally threw away 8,000 Bitcoins, sued the city for not digging through the landfill to find them.
James Howells accidentally threw away a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoins, estimated to be worth $600 million, while cleaning his house. He repeatedly asked the city to help him dig through the landfill to find it, but was refused.
39-year-old software engineer James Howells has filed a lawsuit against Newport City Council for more than £495 million ($647 million) in a "last-ditch effort" to retrieve 8,000 Bitcoins he threw away in the trash in 2013.
Accidentally threw away 8,000 Bitcoins, sued the city for not digging through the landfill to find them.
James Howells accidentally threw away a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoins, estimated to be worth $600 million, while cleaning his house. He repeatedly asked the city to help him dig through the landfill to find it, but was refused.
39-year-old software engineer James Howells has filed a lawsuit against Newport City Council for more than £495 million ($647 million) in a "last-ditch effort" to retrieve 8,000 Bitcoins he threw away in the trash in 2013.
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