James Howell, a computer expert, has been trying to recover £600 million in bitcoins that he accidentally threw away on a landfill in 2013. At that time, he confused a hard drive with garbage, and his partner sent it to the dump. Howell appealed to the Newport City Council asking for permission to search the landfill for the drive, but the court rejected his claim, considering that the drive had become the property of the council. The expert hopes that the bitcoins on the drive could be worth £1 billion and plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
1/10/2025 11:02:38 AM (GMT+1)
The court rejected James Howell's claim to recover the hard drive with £600 million in bitcoins lost on a landfill in 2013: the expert plans to appeal to the Supreme Court 💰
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