James Howells – DIGIT INFO

All I wanted for Christmas was my $773M BTC back

DIGIT — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Speaking to Cointelegraph, James Howells shares an update on his ongoing battle with legal and environmental challenges to recover a landfill hard drive containing $773M in lost Bitcoin.

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Ex-partner tosses $716M Bitcoin wallet, says ‘tired of hearing about it’

DIGIT — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:05:28 +0000

James Howells’ $716 million Bitcoin fortune in a landfill has sparked legal battles, and his ex-partner now claims she followed his instructions to discard the hard drive.

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From landfill to lawsuit: James Howells’ quest to reclaim lost Bitcoin

DIGIT — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:52:50 +0000

James Howells has expressed his frustration with Newport City Council for refusing to allow him to retrieve a Bitcoin hard drive from a local landfill, pushing him to take legal action.

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$500M Bitcoin Buried in Landfill: Man Sues City After Decade-Long Battle for Recovery

DIGIT — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 03:01:21 +0000

James Howells is suing Newport City Council after a decade-long fight to recover a hard drive containing 7,500 bitcoins, now worth nearly $500 million, mistakenly dumped in 2013. The council has repeatedly denied excavation requests, citing environmental concerns. Howells claims the data is recoverable. Council Sued Over Lost $500M Bitcoin Hard Drive James Howells, an […]

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British man sues council for $647M over lost Bitcoin in landfill

DIGIT — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 14:38:39 +0000

James Howells continues his legal battle for 495 million British pounds ($647 million) in damages after Newport City Council blocked his landfill excavation request.

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Man Who Accidentally Threw Away 7,500 Bitcoins on Hard Drive Has New Plan to Retrieve His BTC

DIGIT — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 13:30:02 +0000

The British man who accidentally threw away a computer with 7,500 bitcoins on its hard drive has come up with a new plan to retrieve his lost coins from the city landfill. “We estimate there are between 300,000 – 400,000 tons of waste to look through,” he said. Man on Mission to Retrieve 7,500 Lost […]

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Man Accidentally Threw Away Hard Drive With 7,500 Bitcoins, Offers City $72 Million to Search Landfill

DIGIT — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:35:03 +0000

A man has accidentally thrown away a hard drive containing 7,500 bitcoins. He is now offering his city 25% of the value of the bitcoins stored in the hard drive for permission to search the city’s landfill site. His bitcoins are now worth almost $300 million at the current price. In Search of Hard Drive […]

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The Man Who Lost 7,500 BTC to a Landfill, and the Council That Won’t Let Him Go Digging

DIGIT — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 16:00:51 +0000

Imagine that you had over US$100 million worth of Bitcoin rotting away in a landfill and there was nothing you could do about it. Welcome to the world of James Howells, a Welsh IT worker who threw away a hard drive containing Bitcoin he’d mined back in 2009. The Newport South Wales City Council has repeatedly denied his requests to commence digging operations in the trash heap for his treasure trove of digital gold. One Man’s Treasure Is Literally Trash “You know when you put something in the bin, and in your head, say to yourself ‘that’s a bad idea’?” James Howells rhetorically

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