A British 28-years old IT worker would become a millionaire, if he hadn’t trough away his drive. James Howells created a computer program to “mine” the Bitcoins’ currency, and was awarded with 7,500 BTC bounties for this job, that he has stored to electronic valet file on his laptop. Low cost of e-currency made Howells to forget about it. In 2010 he was forced to demount hard drive from the laptop as he has poured a drink on a keyboard. Needles to say, that the drive was abandoned for years. Recently, James Howells threw it away.
“You know when you put something in the [trash], and in your head, say to yourself ‘that’s a bad idea’? I really did have that,” Howells told the Guardian.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin became a mainstream. Single BTC hit $1,000. That fact that Howell’s hypothetically became a millionaire forced him to search his valet immediately. Somewhere in a football field landfill, the drive with $7.5 million is laying. “When I saw it — it’s about the size of a football field — my first thought was ‘No chance,’” he said.
Though, if that driver could be found, that actually seems to look like impossible, a device can appear as beyond repair.
An exchange service Bitcoins launched in 2009, BTC can be exchanged online for real money or used to buy goods and services on the Internet. Since it was found it’s staying beyond any government ruling.
