Posted 2/24/2024, 11:18:00 AM
Man searches for hard drive accidentally thrown out with $400 million in Bitcoin
- In 2013, James Howells from Wales threw out a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin, now worth over $400 million
- He has been trying to locate the hard drive in the local landfill for 10 years but the council has denied him access
- Howells believes he has narrowed down the location to a 200-sqm area using aerial photos of the landfill
- He plans to use AI scanning technology to try to locate the hard drive if given approval to excavate
- It's estimated it would take 9-12 months for the AI system to find the hard drive in the landfill