Judge refuses to let man search landfill for his lost $713 million Bitcoin hard drive (www.techspot.com)

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...and so marks the end of a 12-year journey...we hope.

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

His partner assumed it was there to be thrown away, so she took the bag to the local landfill, where it's been ever since.

Unforgivable.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

You're leaving outthe part where he put the hard drive in a trashbag in the hallway

For those who've never heard the full story, Howells had two 2.5-inch hard drives stored in a drawer in 2013, one of which he intended to get rid of and another that had a digital wallet with 7,500 Bitcoin. He put the drive containing the crypto in a black trash bag during an office sort-out and left it in the hall of his house. His partner assumed it was there to be thrown away, so she took the bag to the local landfill, where it's been ever since.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Imagine putting an item worth $713 million in a trash bag while cleaning. Like what on earth would possess you to be so careless? That item would be specially marked and in a secure location at all times.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Depending on when exactly the moved the drive, it would have been more like 750,000 to 7,500,000. But still dumb lol

[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Rymmyeah that's just asking for it

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