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$950 Million USD Deep in the Trash - A 12-Year Journey of Hopeless Search
In 2013, when Bitcoin was still just an "interesting but vague" concept for most people, an IT engineer in Wales named James Howells accidentally made a mistake that changed his life forever:
He mistakenly threw away the hard drive containing the private key of 8,000 BTC into the trash. At that time, the price of Bitcoin was still very low. No one thought that this "virtual currency" would become an asset worth hundreds of millions of dollars. But as time passed, Bitcoin increased in value in a way that no one dared to dream — and James's hard drive, if it were still intact, would now be worth about 950 million USD. 12 Years – A Search Without End James does not give up. For more than a decade, he: Pursue legal procedures to obtain permission to mine the landfill. Call for investors to fund search campaigns. Hire experts & robots to scan for waste. Face the media, the public, and both criticism and sympathy. But all efforts are blocked by the law and harsh reality:
That hard drive lies somewhere among millions of tons of garbage, damaged by time, humidity, and the process of decomposition. Lower the curtain In August 2025, James officially announced: "I stop. No more searching." No more campaigns, no more hope.
That 8,000 BTC will forever lie beneath the layers of trash in Newport — like a buried treasure that no one will touch. A Valuable Lesson This story is not just a personal tragedy, but also a reminder for all of us in the crypto world: Manage your private key absolutely safely – because once lost, no one can recover it. The value of what you hold today can change unimaginably in the future. And sometimes, the biggest loss does not come from scams or hacks — but from a moment of carelessness. 💭 If you were in your shoes, what would you do if one day you lost nearly 1 billion USD due to such a mistake?
Remember: In crypto, "key" is power. And losing the key... means losing everything.