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After 12 Years, a Man Has Abandoned His Search for the Lost Hard Drive Containing $1 Billion in Bitcoin

This is the real-life story of James Howells, a man from Newport, Wales, who accidentally tossed out a hard drive containing access to a massive fortune. For over a decade, he fought to recover it, ...
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After 12 Years of a Hunt, the Man Who Lost His Hard Drive With $742M in Bitcoin Inside, Finally Calls off His Search

Imagine throwing away a hard drive, only to later discover it held the key to millions—no, billions—of dollars. That’s exactly what James Howells, an IT worker from Newport, Wales, faced in 2013. What ...