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British engineer who threw away a hard drive holding 7,500 Bitcoin has a new idea on how to recover it from a landfill

British engineer who threw away a hard drive holding 7,500 Bitcoin has a new idea on how to recover it from a landfill

Cryptocurrency In context: For years, a British computer engineer who essentially threw away the key to his cryptocurrency vault has been trying to excavate the device on which it is stored from a local landfill. This year, he came up with the boldest project yet, but the chances of it getting approved by authorities are slim to none. Back in 2013, James Howells’s life changed when he threw out a hard drive that may just be the most valuable in the world. Before doing so, Howells had two 2.5-inch hard drives stored in a drawer, one of which he intended […]