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Man Sues Town for $647 Million Over Trashed Bitcoin Hard Drive (www.vice.com)
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A man from the UK named James Howells is suing his local council to try to recover a hard drive containing 8,000 BTC, currently valued around $647 million. And that’s precisely how much he’s suing them for—since he’s blaming them for his not having it.

Back in 2013, Howells’ then-partner mistakenly tossed out the hard drive along with a bunch of other garbage. At the time, Bitcoin was already worth a little bit less than £1 million—and the value of those coins has risen quite a bit in the years since.

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[-] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago

So his girlfriend trashed his HDD eleven years ago and then is mad that they don't still have it? I'd expect it to be gone after like week one

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