I just saw an article that James Howells is abandoning his search for his HD (with $700 mil+), lost in a British landfill.

*image credit, BBC

In August of 2013 James Howells was cleaning his house when he accidentally threw out a hard drive he thought contained nothing. The hard drive actually has 8000 bitcoin on it. Ever since he’s been trying to get permission to search the landfill in Newport (a city in Whales UK). James Howells got enough money and a special team together to excavate the landfill. However the Newport City Council would not grant him permission to search. Saying the environmental impact was too great.

Near the beginning 2025 James Howells was going to purchase the landfill. Now James Howells has given up on his search for the nearly $1 billion lost in a sea of garbage (as per an article on Daily Galaxy).

They’re making a film of his trials and tribulations at the beginning of his mistake. It’s going to be called, “The Buried Bitcoin: The Real-Life Treasure Hunt of James Howells”.