Man Who Lost $775 Million Bitcoin Hard Drive Faces New Setback: Recovery Chances Are 1 In 902 Million, Waste Expert Claims

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Man Who Lost $775 Million Bitcoin Hard Drive Faces New Setback: Recovery Chances Are 1 In 902 Million, Waste Expert Claims

James Howells, the man behind a $775 million Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) treasure hunt, is pushing back against waste management experts claiming recovering the lost

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Man who lost bitcoin hard drive worth millions offers to buy waste dump site

James Howells has been in a decades-long battle with local officials to gain access to the landfill to look for the lost Bitcoin hard drive.

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In 2013, a Welshman threw away the hard drive with the digital key to his Bitcoins. Since he is not allowed to search for it on the local dump, he wants to buy the site.

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He Accidentally Threw Away His Hard Drive Worth £600 Million in Bitcoin—Now He’s Trying to Buy the Landfill to Get It Back

In one of the most extraordinary modern-day treasure hunts, James Howells, a 39-year-old engineer from Newport, South Wales, remains determined to recover a hard drive he accidentally discarded in 2013—one that holds a staggering 8,000 bitcoins, now worth over £600 million. For over a decade, Howells has battled legal restrictions, logistical nightmares, and now a looming deadline as authorities plan to permanently close the landfill where he be…

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Man Wants To Buy Landfill To Find Bitcoin Drive With $760 Million

iStockphoto Plenty of people regret not buying Bitcoin before it exploded in value based on how much money they could have made. One man in the United Kingdom was very ahead of the curve, but he’s now angling to purchase a landfill during his ongoing quest to recover a hard drive containing $760 million worth of the cryptocurrency. As of this writing, a single Bitcoin is worth around $95,000, which means the guy who spent 10,000 of them to buy a…

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British IT specialist James Howell bought more than 7,500 bitcoins back in 2009, when they were worth next to nothing. Given Bitcoin's significant price increase, Howell would now own more than $700 million worth of cryptocurrency. He would, if he hadn't accidentally thrown away the hard drive that stored his cryptocurrency wallet access details. Now Howell wants to buy the junk...