Bitcoin man sues Newport council over '£600m fortune lost in tip'
www.bbc.co.uk
James Howells believes the hard drive is now worth about £600m since the recent Bitcoin surge.
    • podperson@lemm.ee
      2·
      23 days ago

      Damn, beat me to it. I would bet 10,500 buttcoins that at least 75% of people who see that headline immediately thought the same thing too.

        • podperson@lemm.ee
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          23 days ago

          I think the greatest ending to this story would be if an employee at that landfill found it (either by digging for it on their lunch breaks or just random chance) and was able to use it.

          • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
            3·
            23 days ago

            By now it’s probably a really smelly paperweight, and Bitcoin Man would be bugging them endlessly even to regain ownership over that 🤷

            I think we’re living the best ending where it’s never going to be recovered, and this dude is flailing ever more futilely at courts…

    • CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      22 days ago

      Watch, as he leaps financial regulations in a single bound! Transactions, faster than a speeding pizza delivery!