UK judge says there’s no “reasonable grounds” for success with Bitcoin landfill hard drive case
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” James Howells has lost his case to recover a lost Bitcoin hard drive from a Welsh landfill that’s now worth around $740 million. Howells accidentally threw out his hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin in 2013 during a household clearout. At the time, he had two hard drives of the same size: one was blank while the other contained his Bitcoin. He mistakenly put the one containing the Bitcoin into a black bin bag, which his then-girlfriend took to the tip. At the time of his loss, his assets – that he mined in 2009 – were worth around $1.3 million. In October, Howells sued Newport City Co...