Man Sues Town for $647 Million Over Trashed Bitcoin Hard Drive

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By msmashOct 16, 2024, 2:41 pm127 ptsTrending
smooth wombat writes: In 2013, James Howell's partner inadvertently threw out a hard drive along with other trash. Unknown to this person, this hard drive contained approximately 8,000 bitcoins. For the past decade Howell has been petitioning the town council of Newport to excavate the landfill in the hope of…

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