Man in Search of Lost Bitcoin Fortune Wants to Buy the Landfill Where He Swears It’s Buried
In 2022, Howells said if he can’t go into the dump, he’ll send Boston Dynamics robotic dogs to do the digging for him. That was part of a larger, $11 million business plan in which he proposed spending three years excavating the landfill to find his hard drive, while also turning the site into a mining facility. Newport did not go for that, either.
Man Says His $700M Bitcoin Fortune Was ‘Buried’ in Garbage Dump. Here's How He’s Trying to Get It Back
The Bitcoin was accidentally dumped by an ex-girlfriend in 2013, according to reports A man who claims his $700 million Bitcoin fortune was dumped at a landfill is trying to buy the land back in hopes of recovering it,
Man with £600m Bitcoin fortune ‘buried in landfill’ wants to buy tip his riches are lost in
A computer engineer who believes his Bitcoin hard drive worth nearly £600m is buried in a landfill is now considering buying the entire site to find it. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
Man Seeks KSh 90.3 billion Bitcoin Fortune Girlfriend Allegedly Buried in Dumpsite in 2013
James Howells, a man from Wales, claims his KSh 90.3 billion ($700 million) Bitcoin fortune was accidentally dumped in a Newport landfill 12 years ago.
Man who lost $760million Bitcoin fortune might BUY dump so he can search for hard drive
James Howells is considering buying the garbage dump he believes his $760million Bitcoin fortune was lost in after losing a legal battle with the local authority to be granted access to search the sit
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.
Man who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the site
A Welsh landfill site where 8,000 Bitcoins are thought to be buried will be repurposed, at least partly, into a solar farm - but the man who lost the haul has other plans.
Bitcoin Miner Who Lost $600 Million in Landfill Seeks to Purchase the Site
Bitcoin miner James Howells, who lost a hard drive containing $750 million in Bitcoin, is now considering the Newport landfill purchase.
Brit Who Lost £620M Bitcoin Fortune in Rubbish Blunder Now Wants to Buy the Landfill to Dig It Up
Man accidentally throws away a hard drive containing £620M in Bitcoin. After legal battles fail, he now aims to buy the landfill to search for it.
Lost Bitcoin fortune: IT worker goes to extreme lengths to recover it
IT worker James Howells is considering buying a council owned tip in Wales where he thinks his Bitcoin fortune is buried after hard drive was mistakenly thrown
Man wants to buy tip where he lost Bitcoin fortune
A computer engineer who lost £620m-worth of Bitcoin wants to buy the tip where he believes it was buried. James Howells, from Newport, claimed his ex-girlfriend mistakenly chucked out a hard drive containing 8,
Dad hunting for £635m in Bitcoin thrown out by ex suffers blow as landfill set to close
James Howells lost his Bitcoin wallet in 2013 when his then-partner threw it out mistaking it for rubbish - since then he's ...
Computer engineer has a new idea to recover his $765M of buried Bitcoin
Buried in a garbage dump in Wales, U.K., is a hard drive containing Bitcoin worth a colossal $765 million, according to ...