In Yearslong Search for Lost Bitcoin, a Final Proposal

Man in yearslong battle to retrieve lost Bitcoin hard drive worth around $800 million offers to buy landfill
A man wants to buy a landfill in order to look for and retrieve a Bitcoin hard drive that he lost in 2013 and that is worth millions of dollars.
In Yearslong Search for Lost Bitcoin, a Final Proposal: Let Me Buy the Landfill
James Howells has begged officials to let him dig through a South Wales landfill to find a lost Bitcoin wallet that he says is worth around $800 million.
Man who lost $750 million Bitcoin in landfill now wants to buy the site
Howells sued the city of Newport, Wales, in October 2024 for the right to search the landfill or pay him £495 million ($607 million) in compensation.
Man Trying to Buy Entire Landfill to Recover Lost Bitcoin Hard Drive
Desperate Measures In a last-ditch effort to recover his long-lost crypto wallet, a Welshman is attempting to purchase an entire landfill where he believes it may have been thrown away. As the BBC reports,
Man who lost $800 million bitcoin in landfill wants to buy the garbage dump
Buried deep in a Welsh landfill, beneath layers of years-old garbage, there is a hard drive that holds the key to almost $800 million in bitcoin – or so James Howells believes, after accidentally throwing the drive away in 2013.
Man Who Lost $700M in Bitcoin Plans to Buy Landfill to Recover Fortune
British IT worker seeks to purchase entire landfill to recover hard drive containing $757 million in Bitcoin lost in 2013.
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Landfill in £620m lost Bitcoin saga set to close
A landfill site where a man lost a hard drive containing a Bitcoin wallet now worth about £620m is set to close. James Howells, from Newport, claimed his former partner had mistakenly thrown out ...
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