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.
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.
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.