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2 days ago · A British judge ruled against a man who wants to excavate a landfill where he says a hard drive with access to thousands of bitcoins was mistakenly dumped over 11 years ago.

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2 days ago · A British judge ruled against a man who wants to excavate a landfill where he says a hard drive with access to thousands of bitcoins was mistakenly dumped over 11 years ago.

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Court Throws Out Welsh Bitcoin Miner’s Case To Recover BTC …

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5 days ago · A British judge has rejected a Welsh IT worker’s bid to search a landfill for a discarded hard drive containing Bitcoin worth over $600 million, ending a 12-year quest to …

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Bitcoin Miner's Claim To Recover £600m In Newport Tip Thrown Out

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6 days ago · A judge has thrown out a man's attempt to sue a council to recover from a rubbish tip a Bitcoin hard drive that is now worth about £598m. James Howells had argued that his former …

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UK Court Rejects Recovery Bid For $740M Bitcoin Hard Drive In …

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5 days ago · The decade-long quest to recover a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin from a Welsh landfill has hit a dead end after a UK judge dismissed the case on January 10, 2025. James …

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Bitcoin Miner's Bid To Recover '£600m Hard Drive’ Thrown Out

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6 days ago · A man who claims he lost more than £600 million in Bitcoin after mistakenly sending a hard drive to landfill has had a bid to retrieve it thrown out by a court.

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High Court Ruling Ends Man's Hopes Of Recovering $750M Bitcoin …

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4 days ago · The legal arguments over $750M worth of Bitcoin buried in Welsh dump have come to an unhappy end for the man who lost his crypto HDD in the trash 12 years ago.

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Bitcoin Miner Loses Case To Recover $770M In BTC Buried In

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6 days ago · A UK high Court judge has dismissed Bitcoin miner James Howells’ legal effort to recover a hard drive containing access to Bitcoin worth £600 million (almost $770 million). The …

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Judge Blocks €700M Bitcoin Recovery Effort « Euro Weekly News

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6 days ago · After years of legal wrangling, James Howells’ attempt to recover a hard drive containing €700 million worth of bitcoin, buried in a Newport landfill, has been stopped in its …

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Wales Court Bars Man From Recovering $770 Million In Bitcoin …

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James Howells lost a legal bid to retrieve his Bitcoin hard drive worth $770M from a Welsh landfill. Judge deemed the case unrealistic for success. His story recalls the famous Bitcoin Pizza …

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Judge Rejects £598M Bitcoin Landfill Recovery Attempt

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5 days ago · Judge Rejects £598M Bitcoin Landfill Recovery Attempt. According to a BBC report, James Howells, a Welsh man who accidentally discarded a hard drive containing Bitcoin now …

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Man Sues For $648,000,000 After He Threw Away Bitcoin Hard

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5 days ago · Wales Court Barrs Man from Reclaiming Lost 8K BTC fromLandfill. James Howells, a Welsh IT engineer who mistakenly discarded a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin in 2013, …

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5 days ago · A Welsh court has rejected the legal bid of James Howells, an IT engineer from Newport, who sought to recover a hard drive filled with 8,000 Bitcoin lost in a landfill in 2013. …

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Court Throws Out Welsh Bitcoin Miner’s Case To Recover BTC

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Can a Welsh man recoup a lost HDD containing 8,000 bitcoins?

A Welsh man whose partner accidentally threw out an HDD containing 8,000 Bitcoins has become increasingly desperate to recoup the lost treasure. Now, he is suing the council. ...

Did a man accidentally throw away a hard drive containing 8,000 bitcoin?

One man had this but on a monumental scale, with his partner accidentally throwing away a hard drive which contained 8,000 Bitcoin on - now worth a staggering amount today. James Howells, from Newport, Wales, had been sorting out his home office space in 2013, leaving various items in a black bag in his hallway. ...

Can you get bitcoin from a landfill in Wales?

Howells sought access to the landfill site in Newport, Wales, starting in November 2013, but local officials refused. He says the hard drive is 2½ inches in size and has a wallet.dat file containing a private key that can enable access to the bitcoin. ...

Did a man lose £600 million if he sent a hard drive to landfill?

A man who claims he lost more than £600 million in Bitcoin after mistakenly sending a hard drive to landfill has had a bid to retrieve it thrown out by a court. James Howells took legal action against Newport City Council, claiming it should either allow recovery of the hard drive or pay him compensation for the value. ...

How did Mr Howells recover his missing bitcoin?

As the value of his missing digital wallet soared, Mr Howells organised a team of experts to attempt to locate, recover and access the hard drive. He had repeatedly asked permission from the council for access to the site, and had offered it a share of the missing Bitcoin if it was successfully recovered. ...

Did Howells lose 8,000 bitcoins?

The alleged number of bitcoins has changed a bit, with Howells now saying he lost 8,000 bitcoins. The bitcoin price exceeded $100,000 last month and was $95,636 as of last Friday, or $765 million for 8,000 bitcoins. High Court judge Keyser KC issued his ruling last week, siding with the defendant in Howells v. Newport City Council. ...