I feel so bad for him, i saw this on the news.

Next stop, digging the landfill site.

MDE,

aww poor man well things like this happed i dont really get the story though

QVC wrote aww poor man well things like this happed i dont really get the story though

What is not to get?
He threw away a harddrive that had a BTC wallet with $7.2 million worth of BTC in it.

I feel so bad sooo bad wow man 7.2mil it hurts my brain to even think about it.

Dammm i feel sorry for that dude.

Hope he gets it back.

-Tacodevil- wrote

Hodor wrote

Lavish wrote

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.

True, but I would think if even someone else finds it they would have no choice but to go to him with 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.

Although true, it doesn't mean they'll give him the hard drive back without wanting a cut of the cash.

That is extortion, which is illegal.
I would rather the original owner find it or no one finds it at all. For his sake.