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Last Updated on March 21, 2023 by Paganoto

UK man makes last-ditch effort to recover lost bitcoin hard drive

James Howells, 35, said he mistakenly put a hard drive with 7,500 bitcoins in the trash while clearing out his home in 2013. At today's prices, that haul would be worth more than $280 million. He needs permission from his local council to search a garbage dump he believes contains the lost hardware.Jan 15, 2021

The Man Who Lost $265 Million | The Motley Fool

Stefan Thomas is a smart guy. He’s a cryptocurrency expert, and served as the chief technology officer at Ripple (XRP -0.85%) for five years …

This man owns $321M in bitcoin — but he can't access it …

Stefan Thomas is a bitcoin millionaire. Or, he would be if only he could remember his password.

Bitcoin Owner Who Lost Password Made Peace With Potential …

German-born programmer Stefan Thomas made headlines this week after a lost password rendered his bitcoin stash worth $220 million inaccessible.

Lost Passwords Lock Millionaires Out of Their Bitcoin Fortunes

Gabriel Abed, 34, an entrepreneur from Barbados, lost around 800 Bitcoin — now worth around $25 million — when a colleague reformatted a laptop …

Man Who Forgot Bitcoin Password at 'Peace' with $250 Million …

In a Wednesday interview with local news station KGO-TV, Stefan Thomas explained that his 7,002 Bitcoin — which equates to nearly $250 million, …

A man who lost $176 million worth of bitcoin in a dump wants …

James Howells threw out a hard drive to a landfill in 2013 that contained 8,000 bitcoins. · He has an $11 million business plan to excavate the …

Half a Billion in Bitcoin, Lost in the Dump | The New Yorker

If things had gone just a bit differently, James Howells might today be as rich as the Queen of England. The decisive moment, he now thinks, …

$220 million worth of bitcoin locked away as man forgets …

Thomas forgot the password to his almost $220 million worth bitcoin fortune. Yet, he has turned that experience into a meaningful life lesson. …

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