2025-2-15 04:35 |
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James Howells claims to have lost a hard drive with 8,000 BTC at a landfill site in 2013. The man now wants to buy the landfill site as the search for the lost BTC worth over $784 million continues.
2025-2-11 23:58 | |
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James Howells is considering buying a public landfill where he claims a massive Bitcoin fortune might be buried, but local authorities plan to shut down the site after a court battle.
2025-2-11 18:43 | |
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James Howells lost his court battle against Newport City Council in January The judge ruled that there were “no reasonable grounds” for succeeding at a full trial Today, Howells’ Bitcoin would be worth around $780 million A UK landfill site where a man lost his hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin is reportedly set to close […] The post Bitcoin hard drive containing $780m lost forever as UK landfill site is set to close appeared first on CoinJournal.
2025-2-10 13:09 | |
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A UK judge has dismissed the long-standing legal case of James Howells, who sought access to a landfill containing a hard drive with Bitcoin worth more than $770 million. This ends the 12-year saga for the IT engineer from Newport, Wales that captivated the cryptocurrency community all these years.
2025-1-10 11:25 | |
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Upon hearing the judge’s decision, Howells said “it’s the great British justice system striking again” Howells lost his hard drive in 2013 when it was accidentally thrown away at the tip He has been trying to engage with Newport City Council for 12 years to recover his hard drive, but says he’s been “largely ignored” […] The post UK judge says there’s no “reasonable grounds” for success with Bitcoin landfill hard drive case appeared first on CoinJournal.
2025-1-10 10:39 | |
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A decade-long legal battle over a lost Bitcoin fortune has ended in disappointment for James Howells, an IT engineer from Newport, Wales. A Cardiff High Court has dismissed Howells’ lawsuit against Newport City Council, according to the BBC, refusing him…
2025-1-10 00:25 | |
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Speaking to Cointelegraph, James Howells shares an update on his ongoing battle with legal and environmental challenges to recover a landfill hard drive containing $773M in lost Bitcoin.
2024-12-27 18:00 | |
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James Howells continues his legal battle for 495 million British pounds ($647 million) in damages after Newport City Council blocked his landfill excavation request.
2024-10-14 17:38 | |
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James Howells, embarks on a legal quest to reclaim a mistakenly discarded hard drive from a council landfill
2024-3-18 21:28 | |
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James Howells wants to embark on a year-long landfill search to discover his missing hard drive that contains roughly $378 million worth of Bitcoin
2021-7-9 22:36 | |
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James Howells, a 35-year old British Engineer, is reportedly on a hunt for his BTC hardware wallet that he had accidentally discarded in 2013 while doing some house clean-up. According to a South Wales Argus report, Howells had appealed to the councils of the city where he resides, Newport, to excavate a landfill site where […]
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