Man offers $70 million to excavate dump to find his 7,500 Bitcoin on hard drive

[Cotton1]

https://www-nydailynews-com.cdn.ampp...qt4-story.html


A British man who threw away millions in Bitcoin feels like garbage.

James Howells claims he chucked a hard drive loaded with 7,500 Bitcoins into the trash during the summer of 2013, believing the cryptocurrency was worthless. Now, he’s offering Welsh city officials more than $70 million if they allow him to excavate the landfill, reported CNN.



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[Peter1469]

Wow!

[Cotton1]

Wow!

I think he's in for a lot of frustration !

[Peter1469]

I think he's in for a lot of frustration !

The town will probably say we want the money upfront.

[Cotton1]

The town will probably say we want the money upfront.

He better hurry! BTC is overdue for a serious cleansing lol

[carolina73]

The disc platters would have been aluminum and not moisture and salts friendly. If he found it, then he could again be disappointed that when trying to recover it.
I always smashed, soaked in water with salts, then buried my hard drives. He ended up with 7 years of he same process.
I had to admit that when they made a big deal out of Hillary smashing phones and hard drives, I did not think that was unusual at all. I never traded in a phone. I always smash them.

[Cotton1]

The disc platters would have been aluminum and not moisture and salts friendly. If he found it, then he could again be disappointed that when trying to recover it.
I always smashed, soaked in water with salts, then buried my hard drives. He ended up with 7 years of he same process.
I had to admit that when they made a big deal out of Hillary smashing phones and hard drives, I did not think that was unusual at all. I never traded in a phone. I always smash them.

Me too.