James Howells is still grieving when he accidentally trashed a hard drive holding 7,500 BTC while cleaning his office in 2013. Since then, Howells, who had no place left to turn to, sought help from NASA as a last resort.
Howells believes the treasure he had lost is now found at a depth of about 15 meters in a landfill. The unfortunate investor, who had asked for help from many places before, applied to the local authorities to search the landfill in question and even offered to give 25% of his fortune in return for this help, but no one helped Howells.
Continuing the search with an expert group of environmentalists and engineers, including a former NASA employee, as a last resort to find lost Bitcoins, which are currently worth more than $ 350 million, Howells told reporters that he received support from the hedge fund to pay for the expert artificial intelligence technology. .
The rescue operation is estimated to take 9 to 12 months, but the local council, which Howells has repeatedly asked for help, states that digging the lost Bitcoin is too risky. While James Howells hopes otherwise, the commissioned council seems concerned that the risks and costs of digging up the landfill are extremely high and who will bear the cost of recovery if the hard drive is not found or data cannot be recovered.
Authorities continue to warn users about such issues. The authorities, who frequently remind that wallet passwords should not be forgotten, express that users should be cautious so that they do not become victims.