The administration of Wales (Great Britain) was forced to detain the city landfill in Newport after it began to be flooded by prospectors looking for a hard disk with 8 thousand Bitcoins lost in the garbage (about 51 billion rubles at the exchange rate). April 1, 2024). In this respect reports Daily Mail edition.
A hard drive containing a fortune fell into a landfill in Newport in 2013, directly from the home of James Howells, one of the world’s first crypto investors. He was thrown out by the 38-year-old man’s girlfriend while she was cleaning. This is no surprise since Howells kept the computer part in a black garbage bag.
Howells and other researchers have been raiding landfills for years trying to find the missing hard drive. After the recent increase in the Bitcoin rate, another wave of people suffering from wealth flooded the landfills. They all want to dig through millions of tons of waste in search of a big reward.
But local authorities decided to stop Howells and other enthusiasts. They recently fenced the landfill, installed a video surveillance system on the site, and hired security guards to protect the perimeter from intruders.
Hoping to change the minds of local officials, Howells proposed transferring most of the treasure to the district budget if the hard drive was found. However, the Welsh management was determined. The management’s refusal was due to the inability to open the landfill due to strict environmental standards.
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