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Man throws $7.2mn of crypto-currency into landfill
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I literally cringed after reading this story.
I honestly have never felt so bad for someone in my entire life.
From the tweet he put out, he seems to be in good spirits, but honestly I don't know what I would do with my life knowing that I accidentally threw away $7.2 million dollars.
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I honestly have never felt so bad for someone in my entire life.
From the tweet he put out, he seems to be in good spirits, but honestly I don't know what I would do with my life knowing that I accidentally threw away $7.2 million dollars.
A computer programmer from South Wales has accidentally thrown a digital wallet with 7,500 bitcoins into landfill. Now the hard drive worth $7.2million is buried four feet down.
Only last Friday he realized that the drive contained nearly 7,500 bitcoins, worth around $6.75 million. Recently, bitcoins saw a slight rise and now the current price of the digital wallet would be $7.2 million.
Howells mined the bitcoins back in 2009, when the currency cost almost nothing and was known only in narrow tech circles. At that time, it was rather easy to generate digital currency by computing it. Now the same operation requires high-cost computing power.
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I did that with a phone once and I felt bad.
My phone wasn't worth $7M though...
My phone wasn't worth $7M though...
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I am sure he will find it eventually, it's not like he thrown it in a volcano.
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This is horrible, I feel really bad for him, Id be so upset if I lost something like that.
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Hodor wrote I am sure he will find it eventually, it's not like he thrown it in a volcano.
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It made national news that $7 million dollars is sitting in a landfill in Wales.
I can tell you he won't be the only one looking for it.
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Lavish wroteTrue, but I would think if even someone else finds it they would have no choice but to go to him with it.Hodor wrote I am sure he will find it eventually, it's not like he thrown it in a volcano.
"He".
It made national news that $7 million dollars is sitting in a landfill in Wales.
I can tell you he won't be the only one looking for it.
The hard drive contains a special cryptographic private key for getting access to bitcoins. Without this key and any other backup, the money is lost forever. And any treasure hunters wont be able to get the access to money even if they find the digital wallet.
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I would probably kill myself if I did this lol.
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Hodor wrote I am sure he will find it eventually, it's not like he thrown it in a volcano.4ft down... in a LANDFILL. Tell me that's not hard, and the likelyhood that the hard drive is damaged is fairly high.
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LMFAO That sucks major. Hope he finds it someday.
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Hodor wroteAlthough true, it doesn't mean they'll give him the hard drive back without wanting a cut of the cash.Lavish wroteTrue, but I would think if even someone else finds it they would have no choice but to go to him with it.Hodor wrote I am sure he will find it eventually, it's not like he thrown it in a volcano.
"He".
It made national news that $7 million dollars is sitting in a landfill in Wales.
I can tell you he won't be the only one looking for it.
The hard drive contains a special cryptographic private key for getting access to bitcoins. Without this key and any other backup, the money is lost forever. And any treasure hunters wont be able to get the access to money even if they find the digital wallet.
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