In Yearslong Search for Lost Bitcoin, a Final Proposal

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.
Bitcoin Miner Who Lost $600 Million in Landfill Seeks to Purchase the Site
Bitcoin miner James Howells, who lost a hard drive containing $750 million in Bitcoin, is now considering the Newport landfill purchase.
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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“We raised over $6 million for this documentary — it is the number one well-funded documentary ever made for Bitcoin. And we released it for free,” Boring said. “The people that are going ...
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Hacker pleads guilty for SEC X account breach that made fake Bitcoin ETF post
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