In a desperate bid to restore his lost fortune, a computer expert is planning to buy a whole dump in South Wales, where he believes that his hard drive with 8,000 bitcoin, a stunning $ 775 million (almost RS 6,500 crores) is buried. According to the GuardianThe desperate attempt by James Howells comes after a 12-year search and a recent defeat of the Supreme Court, who refused him to search the landfill.
With the council who announced those plans to close and control the site, and even get permission for a solar farm on a part of the country, the opportunities of Howells to restore his lost bitcoin almost seemed lost. However, by buying the landfill, he hopes to gain access to the site and eventually pick up his rated hard disk.
'It was quite a surprise to hear from the closure of the landfill. It [the council] At the High Court, the closing of the landfill to allow me to search would have an enormous adverse impact on the people in Newport, while at the same time they were planning to close the landfill, “he said.
“I expected it to be closed in the coming years because it is 80/90% full – but did not expect the closure as quickly. If the Newport municipal council were prepared, I might be interested in the purchase of the landfill” such as It is 'and discussed this option with investment partners and it is something that is very on the table,' he added.
James Howells accidentally threw $ 750 million away from Bitcoin per decade ago and has since tried to get the hard drive of a landfill back. Today, a judge rejected his last attempt to look for 110,000 tonnes of waste for his digital gold. pic.twitter.com/douidzdqo
– documenting ₿itcoin 📄 (@documentingbtc) January 11, 2025
What exactly happened?
James Howell's millions of dollars accident started in 2013 when his partner wrongly threw a hard drive with the keys to his Bitcoin wallet. Now buried under 100,000 tonnes of waste at a Newport Deput, the hard disk remains inaccessible despite the growing value.
Halfina Eddy-Evans, the two teenage sons of Howells, said Daily mail That she took the hard disk to a landfill in Newport, Wales almost ten years ago, as part of a clearance at the request of Howells. “Yes, I threw his waste away. He asked me,” she explained. “I had no idea what was in it. Losing it wasn't my fault.”
