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EXCLUSIVE Bitcoin expert reveals man's £569million fortune on thrown away hard drive could be recovered with random set of words




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EXCLUSIVE Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin expert reveals man's £569million fortune on thrown away hard
drive could be recovered with random set of words

EXCLUSIVE Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin expert reveals man's £569million fortune on thrown away hard
drive could be recovered with random set of words

By TOM COTTERILL

Published: 08:03 GMT, 30 November 2024 | Updated: 08:03 GMT, 30 November 2024

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A Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin expert has revealed a man's £569m cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта fortune, stored on
a hard drive that was accidentally tossed into a tip, could still be
recovered.

Heartbroken James Howells' 'key' to unlocking his vast stash of 8,000 Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin
was thrown into a Welsh landfill• Сфера услуг » Жилищно-коммунальное хозяйство » Утилизация мусора by his ex-girlfriend, Halfina Eddy-Evans.

Howells had spent weeks mining his digital currency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта in 2009, loading his
riches on to a hard drive before forgetting about it and allowing it to be
binned.

Since then, his lost collection of Bitcoins has skyrocketed in value and is
now estimated to be worth an eye-watering sum of more than half-a-billion
pounds.

Mr Howell is now desperately fighting with his local council in Newport• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Населенные пункты Великобритании » Города-сити Великобритании » Города Уэльса » Ньюпорт

• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Административное деление Великобритании » Области Уэльса » Ньюпорт for
the rights to search dig up the landfill• Сфера услуг » Жилищно-коммунальное хозяйство » Утилизация мусора fill site in a bid to find his hidden
fortune.

And today, a finance specialist said there is a slim chance Mr Howell could
recover his millions without his hard drive as long he has kept its 'seed
phrase' - a series of random words used to regenerate the key that controls
access to his Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin wallet.

Haydn Jones, an accredited expert witness relating to digital assets, said:
'If he has recorded the seed phrase somewhere physically, then that could be
possible.

'It's very easy to do as long as he has the piece of paper with it. So, as
long as he has that, he is quids in. If he doesn't, it's sayōnara.'

James Howells has vowed to take a council to court in his final bid to unearth
the 'key' to a Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin jackpot

That digital key is on a laptop hard drive he believes is currently buried
somewhere in 110,000 tons of rubbish in a nearby landfill• Сфера услуг » Жилищно-коммунальное хозяйство » Утилизация мусора, now grassed over

But Mr Jones warned if Mr Howells did not have the seed phrase, then the
chances of cracking into his digital wallet, without a working drive, would be
nearly impossible.

'There is no computably feasible way of cracking that private key. It's
computably infeasible to crack it – there's not enough time in the universe to
do that,' he added.

Cyber investigator Paul Sibenik, who is a cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта Investigator, feared
it was unlikely any 'seed phrase' had been created, which ruined the chances
of ever recovering the lost fortune.

He said the only slim chance was by accessing electronic copies of the private
keys on the computer, or the 'wallet.dat' file containing them.

'There is no hope of guessing the private key - which people sometimes liken
to an extremely strong password. So, if the hard drive cannot be found and
accessed, the Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin will remain inaccessible forever,' he told MailOnline.

The comments came as Mr Howell's ex-girlfriend opened up for the first time
over how she triggered her old boyfriend's cyber nightmare.

Halfina Eddy-Evans admitted taking the hard drive to the tip in Wales but
claims she did so at his request.

Halfina said she took the hard drive containing the 'key' to the tip nine to
10 years ago. The couple have since split up.

Halfina Eddy-Evans told how she played a role in disposing of the computer
hard drive which could unlock millions but it was done on his orders - and
accidentally

James has launched a legal fight against Newport• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Населенные пункты Великобритании » Города-сити Великобритании » Города Уэльса » Ньюпорт

• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Административное деление Великобритании » Области Уэльса » Ньюпорт City Council to get his hard
drive back

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EXCLUSIVE

I accidentally threw away my boyfriend's £569million Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin fortune but
it wasn't my fault

She said: 'I hope he finds it, not that I want a penny of his money, but it
will shut him up!'

In an exclusive interview with MailOnline, the mother of their two teenage
sons admitted: 'Yes, I threw away his rubbish, he asked me to.

'The computer part had been disposed of in a black sack along with other
unwanted belongings and he begged me to take it away, saying 'There's a bag of
rubbish here to be taken to the tip'.

'I had no idea what was in it but I reluctantly dropped it off at the local
tip on the way home from going on the school run.

'I thought he should be running his errands, not me, but I did it to help out.

'Losing it was not my fault.'

She added: 'I'd love nothing more than him to find it. I'm sick and tired of
hearing about it.'

Ms Eddy-Evans broke her silence after Mr Howells, 39, has vowed to take a
council to court in his final bid to unearth the 'key' to a Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin jackpot.

He is battling for the right to dig up a tip where he believes his lost and
buried hard drive has been mistakenly trashed.

In a last bid to help unlock his fortune he is preparing to take Newport• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Населенные пункты Великобритании » Города-сити Великобритании » Города Уэльса » Ньюпорт

• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Административное деление Великобритании » Области Уэльса » Ньюпорт
Council in Wales to court.

The 'lost' fortune at today's prices makes his Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin worth £569m and he has
pledged to donate 10 per cent of proceeds back to the local area - enough to
transform Newport• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Населенные пункты Великобритании » Города-сити Великобритании » Города Уэльса » Ньюпорт

• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Административное деление Великобритании » Области Уэльса » Ньюпорт into 'Dubai or Las Vegas of the UK'.

Dr Richard Bateson, finance and cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта expert at Bateson Asset
Management, said there was still a chance the bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin key could be recovered
and that the council should cut a deal with Mr Howells.

'If there was a pile of gold in that dump then the council would be rushing to
dig it up,' he said.

'It may be that the drive cannot be found and no longer functions. But let's
say there is a 20 per cent chance the bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin file can be retrieved, that's an
expected value of over $100m for an upfront cost of a few hundred thousand to
search.

'The council should, if they are convinced his claim is genuine, cut a deal
with the guy for say 50/50 of the profits if it is found and contribute to the
search costs. If found it could buy a new school, hospital or sports centre
for the local community.'

Mr Howells claims his partner at the time had chucked away his unwanted
belongings, including computer equipment which contained a vital password.

The exasperated mother said: 'It looks like he's blaming me, but I don't think
he really is, not that we are even talking now'

Ms Eddy-Evans from Newport• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Населенные пункты Великобритании » Города-сити Великобритании » Города Уэльса » Ньюпорт

• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Административное деление Великобритании » Области Уэльса » Ньюпорт, Gwent• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Населенные пункты Великобритании » Города-сити Великобритании » Города Уэльса » Ньюпорт

• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Административное деление Великобритании » Области Уэльса » Ньюпорт, admitted: 'Yes, I threw away his rubbish,
he asked me to.

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Man whose partner threw his £569m Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin fortune away sues council for right
to dig it up

'It was years ago, maybe nine-ten years, and it was accidentally thrown away.

'But I hope he finds it, not that I want a penny of his money, but it will
shut him up!'

He had acquired 8,000 coins after 10 weeks of experimenting with the new
cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта craze.

At the time he did not realise their value, and he had to stop mining after
complaints from his then partner, Hafina. He kept his laptop in their bedroom
and, when it was running, the noise of its fan stopped her sleeping.

Soon afterwards James knocked a glass of lemonade over his laptop and despite
efforts to clean it, it never worked properly again.

He sold the components for parts, keeping the hard drive and transferring all
the photos and music on it to an Apple computer• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на Ap » Apple Inc.. The only thing he couldn't
copy across was the tiny file containing the passcode to his Bitcoins because
it wasn't compatible with Apple• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на Ap » Apple Inc.'s operating system.

He threw the hard drive into the kind-of junk drawer most of us have at home
and forgot about it for the next three years, concentrating on work and family
life — by then he and Hafina had two young sons.

The exasperated mother said: 'It looks like he's blaming me, but I don't think
he really is, not that we are even talking now.'

Recalling the time her then partner asked her to do a favour, she explained:
'He said there were a few black sacks of rubbish to take to the tip, three or
four, and he asked me to do it.

General view of the Newport• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Населенные пункты Великобритании » Города-сити Великобритании » Города Уэльса » Ньюпорт

• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Административное деление Великобритании » Области Уэльса » Ньюпорт recycling• Утилизация и переработка отходов and waste tip where James Howells
believes the hard drive contain the password to his crypto account is located

'Reluctantly, I did it but had no idea what it contained, a hard drive linked
to Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin which then became a big thing, and has since gone through the roof!

'Losing it was not my fault!'

'At the time James had discarded the hard drive, throwing it away and thinking
it was of no use.

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Inside the landfill• Сфера услуг » Жилищно-коммунальное хозяйство » Утилизация мусора hiding £1.5bn in Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin: Security teams and cameras guard
dump around the clock over fear treasure hunters could try to DIG it up

'But now he thinks it could be worth a fortune and he is still fighting the
council. It has been going on a long time.'

She added: 'I'd love more than anything for him to find it. I'm sick and tired
of hearing about it!

'Part of me thinks the council should let the tip site be dug up, it's not
helping his mental health with the thoughts of sitting in a fortune he can't
get.

'But the other part thinks for him just to drop it and let it go.

'People keep tagging me online, my friends and random people, with his
comments about his loss of a fortune.

'But I say 'Don't ask me about it!'.

'I have no claim on whatever money he could be worth. He is the father of my
two sons but I don't want a penny of his money.'

The price of the Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin recently hit a record high of $80,000 - a rise of
more than 80pc this year and the highest on record since it was formed in
2009.

Newport• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Населенные пункты Великобритании » Города-сити Великобритании » Города Уэльса » Ньюпорт

• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Административное деление Великобритании » Области Уэльса » Ньюпорт recycling• Утилизация и переработка отходов and waste tip. He claims his partner at the time had chucked
away his unwanted belongings, including computer equipment which contained a
vital password

Read More

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Tech expert who accidentally threw out Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin fortune on hard drive says
it's worth £1.5BILLION as he launches legal fight to dig it from landfill• Сфера услуг » Жилищно-коммунальное хозяйство » Утилизация мусора

But Mr Howells says all Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin needs to do is hit the $157k mark and it would
break through the billion pound barrier.

'This problem is never going to go away. This is always going to be a treasure
hunt,' he told Fortune .

'The treasure is getting more and more valuable by the day, and that isn't
going to stop.'

There is more than 1.4million tonnes of waste at the landfill• Сфера услуг » Жилищно-коммунальное хозяйство » Утилизация мусора, but Mr Howells
says he won't need to search it all as he has narrowed the hard drive's
location down to an area of 100,000 tonnes, reported the BBC• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на Бр » BBC (Би-би-си)

• Средства массовой информации » Средства массовой информации Великобритании » BBC (Би-би-си) .

But Newport• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Населенные пункты Великобритании » Города-сити Великобритании » Города Уэльса » Ньюпорт

• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Административное деление Великобритании » Области Уэльса » Ньюпорт city council has repeatedly refused to let him search the area as
it 'is not possible under our environmental permit, and that work of that
nature would have a huge negative environmental impact on the surrounding
area'.

Mr Howells announced last month that he was suing the council for £495,314,800
in damages, accusing the local authority of 'withholding my property without
my consent'.

A first hearing on an application from the authority to get it thrown out is
scheduled for early month, with a judge set to rule on December 3.

A spokesperson for Newport• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Населенные пункты Великобритании » Города-сити Великобритании » Города Уэльса » Ньюпорт

• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Административное деление Великобритании » Области Уэльса » Ньюпорт City Council said: 'Newport• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Населенные пункты Великобритании » Города-сити Великобритании » Города Уэльса » Ньюпорт

• Великобритания » География Великобритании » Административное деление Великобритании » Области Уэльса » Ньюпорт City Council has been
contacted multiple times since 2013 about the possibility of retrieving a
piece of IT hardware said to be in our landfill• Сфера услуг » Жилищно-коммунальное хозяйство » Утилизация мусора site.

'The council has told Mr. Howells multiple times that excavation is not
possible under our environmental permit, and that work of that nature would
have a huge negative environmental impact on the surrounding area.

'The council is the only body authorised to carry out operations on the site.

'Mr Howells's claim has no merit, and the council is vigorously resisting it.'

Dubai Apple• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на Ap » Apple Inc. Wales Las Vegas 

============= Итог:
4,3311 ; Экономика#Финансы#Платежные средства#Платежные системы интернета
	#Криптовалюта#Bitcoin

2,7250 ; Сфера услуг#Жилищно-коммунальное хозяйство#Утилизация мусора
	#Утилизация и переработка отходов

2,1000 ; Утилизация и переработка отходов#Утилизация мусора

1,3125 ; Средства массовой информации
	#Средства массовой информации Великобритании#BBC (Би-би-си)

1,3125 ; Коммуникации#Интернет-коммуникации#Электронная почта

3,3855 ; Великобритания#География Великобритании#Населенные пункты Великобритании
	#Города-сити Великобритании#Города Уэльса#Ньюпорт

============= Объекты:
организации

	Apple Inc.

	BBC (Би-би-си)
		Средства массовой информации Великобритании



============= Географические объекты:
1 51.590000000,-3.000000000 Великобритания#География Великобритании
	#Населенные пункты Великобритании#Города-сити Великобритании
	#Города Уэльса#Ньюпорт
2 37.331666667,-122.029444444 Объект организация#Организации по алфавиту#Организации на Ap
	#Apple Inc.




============= Связи:
	Утилизация мусора # ассоциации # Утилизация и переработка отходов

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