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James Howells is a man who accidentally threw out a hard drive with over £200 million pounds in {{w|Bitcoin}} in 2013. Over a decade, he secured US$11 million in venture capitalist funding for a plan to search the {{w|Newport, Wales}} garbage dump for his hard drive, with the help of human searchers and {{w|Boston Dynamics}} robot dogs. The Newport City Council has remained unconvinced, and denied his plan, citing a high ecological toll.<sup>[[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67297013 1]][[https://www.businessinsider.com/james-howells-threw-away-bitcoin-dump-masterplan-get-back-2022-7 2]]</sup> | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:35, 9 October 2024
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 Title text: I guess there's that one guy who accidentally buried a lot of bitcoin? |
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James Howells is a man who accidentally threw out a hard drive with over £200 million pounds in Bitcoin in 2013. Over a decade, he secured US$11 million in venture capitalist funding for a plan to search the Newport, Wales garbage dump for his hard drive, with the help of human searchers and Boston Dynamics robot dogs. The Newport City Council has remained unconvinced, and denied his plan, citing a high ecological toll.[1][2]
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- Did you know that the frequency of burying golden hoards is non-random?
- Historians have found it correlates pretty well with the level of social upheaval.
- What?
- Oh god.
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- You see buried treasure and you think it's just a weird medieval thing, but actually when people saw danger they took all their beautiful things and put them somewhere special.
- wow.
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- Wonded
- -r
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- We must bury the whales for future generations.
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