James Howells Bitcoin: £500M Hard Drive Fight with Newport Council
In 2013, a software engineer named James Howells made a mistake that would haunt him for the next decade—and potentially the rest of his life. He accidentally threw away a hard drive containing 7,5...
Source: BitCoinTalk
In 2013, a software engineer named James Howells made a mistake that would haunt him for the next decade—and potentially the rest of his life. He accidentally threw away a hard drive containing 7,500 Bitcoin during a cleanout at his home in Newport, Wales. At the time, those Bitcoin were worth roughly £400,000. By late…