In Yearslong Search for Lost Bitcoin, a Final Proposal

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 in Search of Lost Bitcoin Fortune Wants to Buy the Landfill Where He Swears It’s Buried
In 2022, Howells said if he can’t go into the dump, he’ll send Boston Dynamics robotic dogs to do the digging for him. That was part of a larger, $11 million business plan in which he proposed spending three years excavating the landfill to find his hard drive, while also turning the site into a mining facility. Newport did not go for that, either.
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.
The guy who accidentally threw away $700 million in Bitcoin wants to buy a landfill to find it
James Howells, a British IT worker, mined over 7,500 Bitcoins back in 2009, when they were worth next to nothing. Now a single Bitcoin is worth nearly $100,000, valuing his stash at well over $700 million.
Man Who Lost Bitcoin Worth Rs 6,500 Cr In Trash Is Now Planning To Buy An Entire Landfill. Here's Why
British IT worker James Howells plans to buy a landfill in Newport, South Wales, to recover a hard drive containing Bitcoin worth nearly Rs 6,500 crore. He lost the device in 2013 after his then-partner mistakenly threw it away.
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