Man tries to buy decommission landfill to find his HDD with Bitcoin

[moocow]

So he has been suing the city to get access to a landfill where he believe his old HDD with Bitcoin is in. Now the landfill is going to be decommission, he's trying to buy it. So what are the chances of the drive surviving 10 years in a landfill since these things aren't exactly rated to be water and air tight. Unless it's somehow in a ziplock bag and not punctured? Anyway, the judge already denied his earlier lawsuit to dig (he got a plan) so what's the chance of the government selling him the landfill?

Man who lost $750 million Bitcoin in landfill now wants to buy the site

Howells sued the city of Newport, Wales, in October 2024 for the right to search the landfill or pay him £495 million ($607 million) in compensation. He...

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[Shadowarez]

so like big bang theory when Leonard lost the batmand usb drive with all there bitcoin and Stewart found it in comic shop and said i could wipe this and sell it for $5 ><

 

[JD]

I would presume it was in some sort of enclosure though if he was using it as a portable HDD. Perhaps it was one of those IP65 certified ones? Who knows, but the man sure does have a lot of hope and will power.

 

[On2wheels]

I hate stories like this that remind me of how oblivious I was to crypto 10 years ago.

 

[belgolas]

It probably got crushed up anyways you know going the at least a garbage compactor.