{"id":46993,"date":"2025-02-10T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T10:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bitcoin-hard-drive-containing-780m-lost-forever-as-uk-landfill-site-is-set-to-close\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T10:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T10:40:00","slug":"bitcoin-hard-drive-containing-780m-lost-forever-as-uk-landfill-site-is-set-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bitcoin-hard-drive-containing-780m-lost-forever-as-uk-landfill-site-is-set-to-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin hard drive containing $780m lost forever as UK landfill site is set to close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : CoinJournal: Latest Crypto News, Altcoin News and Cryptocurrency Comparison )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-site=\"CoinJournal\">\n<div class=\"post-article-image  -mt-24  mb-8  lg:-mt-32  rounded  overflow-hidden\" data-site=\"CoinJournal\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/09\/Solv-Protocol-introduces-Bitcoin-staking-on-Base-with-cbBTC-token-smartcrop-750x375.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/09\/Solv-Protocol-introduces-Bitcoin-staking-on-Base-with-cbBTC-token-smartcrop-363x181.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/09\/Solv-Protocol-introduces-Bitcoin-staking-on-Base-with-cbBTC-token-smartcrop-750x375.jpg\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/09\/Solv-Protocol-introduces-Bitcoin-staking-on-Base-with-cbBTC-token-smartcrop-363x181.jpg\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/>\n<\/picture>                    <\/div>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">James Howells lost his court battle against Newport City Council in January<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The judge ruled that there were \u201cno reasonable grounds\u201d for succeeding at a full trial<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Today, Howells\u2019 Bitcoin would be worth around $780 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A UK landfill site where a man lost his hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin is reportedly set to close in the 2025-26 financial year.<\/p>\n<p>The site, in Newport, Wales, \u201chas been in exploitation since the early 2000s and is coming to the end of its life, therefore the council is working on a planned closure and capping of the site over the next two years,\u201d said a council spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c5yez74e74jo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>, a solar farm will be built on part of the site after it received planning permission last August.<\/p>\n<h2>Lost battle<\/h2>\n<p>In January, James Howells <a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/news\/uk-judge-says-theres-no-reasonable-grounds-for-success-with-bitcoin-landfill-hard-drive-case\/\">lost his court battle<\/a> against Newport City Council to recover his lost hard drive. In 2013, his former partner mistakenly threw it out in a black bin bag.\u00a0 Judge Keyser KC, the Circuit Commercial Judge for Wales, dismissed Howells\u2019 case. At the time, Keyser stated there were no \u201creasonable grounds\u201d for succeeding at a full trial.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 12 years, Howells tried to engage with Newport City Council to recover his lost hard drive, but was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/news\/uk-man-sues-council-after-denying-requests-to-dig-for-lost-bitcoin-hard-drive-in-landfill\/\">largely ignored<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time of his loss, his assets \u2013 that he mined in 2009 \u2013 were worth around $1.3 million. Today, they would be valued at over $780 million.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-meta\">\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Share this article<\/h6>\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Categories<\/h6>\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Tags<\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/news\/bitcoin-hard-drive-containing-780m-lost-forever-as-uk-landfill-site-is-set-to-close\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : CoinJournal: Latest Crypto News, Altcoin News and Cryptocurrency Comparison ) James Howells lost his court battle against Newport City Council in January The judge ruled that there were \u201cno reasonable grounds\u201d for succeeding at a full trial Today, Howells\u2019 Bitcoin would be worth around $780 million A UK landfill site where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3947362367,"featured_media":46994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3947362367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}