I'm not sure how to quantify this, laughable , sad, ironic, ...
Says he had 2 "identical" hard drives. Well , I guess they weren't identical if the key was only on the one he threw away.
Secondly , he apparently works in IT. Did he ever hear of backup?
Here's a snip from one article.
James Howells, a 35-year-old IT engineer from Newport, Wales, said he discarded the device while clearing out his home in 2013. He claims he had two identical laptop hard drives, and that he mistakenly put the one containing the cryptographic “private key” needed to access and spend his bitcoins in the trash.
Full article here ...
A man who says he threw away a hard drive loaded with 7,500 bitcoin in 2013 is offering his council $70 million to dig it up from the city dump (msn.com)
Says he had 2 "identical" hard drives. Well , I guess they weren't identical if the key was only on the one he threw away.
Secondly , he apparently works in IT. Did he ever hear of backup?
Here's a snip from one article.
James Howells, a 35-year-old IT engineer from Newport, Wales, said he discarded the device while clearing out his home in 2013. He claims he had two identical laptop hard drives, and that he mistakenly put the one containing the cryptographic “private key” needed to access and spend his bitcoins in the trash.
Full article here ...
A man who says he threw away a hard drive loaded with 7,500 bitcoin in 2013 is offering his council $70 million to dig it up from the city dump (msn.com)