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Crypto Discussion Forum => Cryptocurrency discussions => Topic started by: examplens on February 18, 2025, 02:04:04 PM
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I believe that everyone has heard the now famous story about James Howells, an IT expert from Wales, who accidentally discarded a hard drive containing private keys for 8,000 Bitcoins, losing a fortune worth $8 million at the time.
He also received an official ban on rummaging through trash, if there was even a chance that that hard disk survived all the years and weather conditions in the meantime.
"After 12 Years of Failed Attempts, the Man Who Lost His Hard Drive Containing $742M in Bitcoin Is Forced to Abandon His Search"
https://indiandefencereview.com/after-12-years-of-failed-attempts-the-man-who-lost-his-hard-drive-containing-742m-in-bitcoin-is-forced-to-abandon-his-search/
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I believe that everyone has heard the now famous story about James Howells, an IT expert from Wales, who accidentally discarded a hard drive containing private keys for 8,000 Bitcoins, losing a fortune worth $8 million at the time.
This could be much be seen as a sad story because logically losing that huge amount especially in a powerful cryptocurrency like Bitcoin is definitely a loss to be discussed about. They have many cases of lost keys like this all over the internet about old adopters of Bitcoin that still back then didn't seem to believe much in it an ended up losing their keys.
Considering the scenario on how those keys got lost and how long they've been lost the chances of him actually getting those coins back were way to thin nevertheless it seemed worth the try based on the amount.
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I believe that everyone has heard the now famous story about James Howells, an IT expert from Wales, who accidentally discarded a hard drive containing private keys for 8,000 Bitcoins, losing a fortune worth $8 million at the time.
He also received an official ban on rummaging through trash, if there was even a chance that that hard disk survived all the years and weather conditions in the meantime.
He should not be forced it is his right, the money belongs to him the government should remove all kinds of tax on that guy give him some mind relaxation because I believe this is too much for a single sole to bear he wants to search and agree to spend money from his own pocket and for this he fought but now forced.
This is not acceptable if he have some followers they should start a movement but this can take wrong turns and bring bad attention of the authorities so they should fight with law.
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Yes everyone knows his sad story, I even wrote in a similar topic that he became an icon in the world of Bitcoin like the famous Bitcoin pizza.
Although he is an IT expert, he fell into a small negligence that cost him a fortune equivalent to his entire life because he would not have been able to collect such a fortune if he worked his entire life. Everyone may make a mistake by chance, negligence or forgetfulness, but this type of mistake makes a person regret the opportunity he missed for the rest of his life.
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James better forgive himself already for losing that drive. the more he keep failing himself in finding it, the more he'd spend time looking for the drive that he isn't even sure of there is a txt file on it with the keys nor can the drive still be recoverable.
he once forgot about that drive. he remember it when the price is already high but now he needs to forget the drive again. i think the people in crypto will still thank for his contribution to the community.
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Giving up sometimes protects us from losing further and what he did is for me a good decision or else he will end up drained as we all know looking for something we are unsure if it was still out there isn't that easy we spend more time and money on that and I don't think it's worth it to bet all in though nice try for him. I wish he will remember or find the copy of those keys instead of finding that drive it will just drain him literally.