James Howells, a resident of Newport, South Wales, claims to have accidentally thrown away his hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) in 2013 while cleaning his office. About a decade later, Howells is determined to do whatever it takes to get the piece of hardware back.
What happened: In 2013, Howells decided to do some house cleaning, a decision he would regret a few years later. Howells had two identical hard drives kept in his drawer; one was blank and the other contained 8,000 Bitcoin equivalent to about $180 million at the time of writing, which he had mined during the early stages of the Bitcoin bubble.
While clearing out some junk, he accidentally threw out the hard drive containing Bitcoin instead of the blank one. Howells believes his hard drive is buried in a garbage dump in Newport, South Wales.
Citing environmental concerns, the city council has denied the 37-year-old’s petition to retrieve his …
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