Judge halts attempt to retrieve hard drive with nearly $750 million in Bitcoin on it from landfill
A UK judge ruled against a man who was hoping to retrieve a Bitcoin-laden hard drive from a city dump. That wallet today, the owner says, is worth nearly $750 million and could be worth $1 billion next year.
Judge ends man’s 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin
Since 2013, James Howells has been hoping to recover a laptop hard drive that he says contains the private key for cryptocurrency which he says he mined in 2009. We wrote about it at the time, noting that the value of a bitcoin had just passed $1,000, making 7,500 bitcoins worth $7.5 million.
Update in case of man hunting binned Bitcoin hard drive that’s now worth £612 million
A man who has been attempting to retrieve his eye-watering £612 million Bitcoin fortune has now received a verdict. For over 10 years, James Howells has been at war with the local council after his hard drive with 8,000 Bitcoins on it was thrown away.
Judge refuses to let man search landfill for his lost $713 million Bitcoin hard drive
Howells has been unsuccessfully trying to persuade the council of Newport, Wales, to allow him to dig for the 2.5-inch drive for years. He even promised
UK judge says there’s no “reasonable grounds” for success with Bitcoin landfill hard drive case
James Howells has lost his case to recover a lost Bitcoin hard drive from a Welsh landfill that’s now worth around $740 million.
Judge halts attempt to retrieve Bitcoin hard drive worth nearly $750 million from landfill
A man's attempt to require a city council to let him search a landfill for his £600m bitcoin fortune was denied after a decade-long battle.
James Howells Loses Legal Fight To Retrieve $770M Bitcoin Hard Drive From Dump
James Howells lost his legal battle to recover a hard drive with $770 million worth of Bitcoin after a UK judge dismissed the case.
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A judge has thrown out a man's attempt to sue a council to recover from a rubbish tip a Bitcoin hard drive is now worth about ...