James Howells Unfortunate $751m Oopsie
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James Howells accidentally threw away a hard drive containing $751M worth of Bitcoin, now buried in a Newport landfill, sparking discussion on the irreversibility of data loss.
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downboots
3 months ago
Previously https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44792150
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