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.
This will play out like a Black Mirror episode. I’m calling it. The day he finds that drive is the day before bitcoin crashes and is worth $4.35 per coin.
At this point even if he finds the drive I can’t imagine it’s survived this long in a dump. No reason to throw good money after bad just to find a dead drive. Although I imagine at this point it’s so emotionally charged that there’s not a lot of logical decision making being made.
It likely didn’t even survive the truck that the trash was taken away in. The hydraulic crusher on those trucks can, and will bend the drive… shattering the platters inside.
A billion dollars worth of bitcoin isn’t that much of the total amount of bitcoin any more, so any impact on the price would be because of people reacting emotionally to the news, not because they’re was suddenly a flood of extra bitcoin in circulation.
This will play out like a Black Mirror episode. I’m calling it. The day he finds that drive is the day before bitcoin crashes and is worth $4.35 per coin.
Episode Title: “Dumpster Fire”
Premise: A man finds an old hard drive in a landfill containing nearly $800 million worth of Bitcoin. As he tries to uncover the identity of its rightful owner, he becomes entangled in a dark web of corporate espionage, government corruption, and the true cost of cryptocurrency speculation.
Plot:
James Howells, desperate to retrieve his lost fortune, hires a team of digital forensics experts to locate the hard drive. They eventually track it down to the same Welsh landfill where James first discarded it all those years ago.
As they begin to dig, James’s obsession with regaining his fortune grows, and he becomes fixated on the idea that the hard drive is the key to his comeback. He convinces himself that the person who buried the drive must be a wealthy individual with a grudge against him.
However, as the digging progresses, James discovers that the hard drive contains not only Bitcoin but also a trove of incriminating documents about corporate malfeasance, tax evasion, and other nefarious activities. The person who buried the drive is revealed to be a high-ranking executive at a multinational tech firm, hiding evidence of their company’s involvement in illicit cryptocurrency mining operations.
As James delves deeper into the mystery, he realizes that his actions have attracted unwanted attention from powerful forces seeking to keep the truth buried. He becomes trapped in a cat-and-mouse game with corporate agents and government agents trying to silence him.
This will play out like a Black Mirror episode. I’m calling it. The day he finds that drive is the day before bitcoin crashes and is worth $4.35 per coin.
At this point even if he finds the drive I can’t imagine it’s survived this long in a dump. No reason to throw good money after bad just to find a dead drive. Although I imagine at this point it’s so emotionally charged that there’s not a lot of logical decision making being made.
It likely didn’t even survive the truck that the trash was taken away in. The hydraulic crusher on those trucks can, and will bend the drive… shattering the platters inside.
This guy is dumb.
Yeah, he is only interested in recovering it for personal gain. If that guy found his drive, it would harm Bitcoin price and hence, credibility
A billion dollars worth of bitcoin isn’t that much of the total amount of bitcoin any more, so any impact on the price would be because of people reacting emotionally to the news, not because they’re was suddenly a flood of extra bitcoin in circulation.
Also, he won’t find it.
Episode Title: “Dumpster Fire”
Premise: A man finds an old hard drive in a landfill containing nearly $800 million worth of Bitcoin. As he tries to uncover the identity of its rightful owner, he becomes entangled in a dark web of corporate espionage, government corruption, and the true cost of cryptocurrency speculation.
Plot:
James Howells, desperate to retrieve his lost fortune, hires a team of digital forensics experts to locate the hard drive. They eventually track it down to the same Welsh landfill where James first discarded it all those years ago.
As they begin to dig, James’s obsession with regaining his fortune grows, and he becomes fixated on the idea that the hard drive is the key to his comeback. He convinces himself that the person who buried the drive must be a wealthy individual with a grudge against him.
However, as the digging progresses, James discovers that the hard drive contains not only Bitcoin but also a trove of incriminating documents about corporate malfeasance, tax evasion, and other nefarious activities. The person who buried the drive is revealed to be a high-ranking executive at a multinational tech firm, hiding evidence of their company’s involvement in illicit cryptocurrency mining operations.
As James delves deeper into the mystery, he realizes that his actions have attracted unwanted attention from powerful forces seeking to keep the truth buried. He becomes trapped in a cat-and-mouse game with corporate agents and government agents trying to silence him.
We’re going to see this episode on some show soon. This is good.
Lol bitcoin will crash, but it will never be that low. $50,000 maybe.