{"id":812426,"date":"2024-12-16T22:24:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T04:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/16\/bitcoin-loss-victim-sues-local-council-over-search-refusal\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T22:24:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T04:24:15","slug":"bitcoin-loss-victim-sues-local-council-over-search-refusal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/16\/bitcoin-loss-victim-sues-local-council-over-search-refusal\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Loss Victim Sues Local Council Over Search Refusal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoins <\/p>\n<div id=\"page\">\n<div id=\"content_box\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41169a86822e6585e2f87627f7d7ef3a?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"32\" width=\"32\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<p><span><span>By <a href=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/author\/mahu_bs\" title=\"Posts by Mark Hunter\" rel=\"author\">Mark Hunter<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<p>2 months ago<span>Tue Oct 15 2024 06:55:49<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><img width=\"1300\" height=\"890\" src=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Bitcoin-Loss-Victim-Sues-Local-Council-Over-Search-Refusal.png\" alt=\"bitcoins Bitcoin-Loss-Victim-Sues-Local-Council-Over-Search-Refusal\" title decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Bitcoin-Loss-Victim-Sues-Local-Council-Over-Search-Refusal.png\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span><span>Reading Time: <\/span> <span> 2<\/span> <span>minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>A Welshman has sued the city council for $530 million for not letting him search landfill for a discarded hard drive<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>James Howells threw out the drive containing 7,500 bitcoins in 2013, but the council has repeatedly refused him access to search landfill for it<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>The case revolves around whether modern technology can safely excavate the drive amidst environmental concerns<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Welshman James Howells has launched a legal battle against Newport City Council, claiming they have prevented him from recovering a hard drive containing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/crypto-essentials-an-overview-of-bitcoin\"><span>bitcoins<\/span><\/a><span> worth around $530 million. Howells accidentally threw out the hard drive in 2013 as part of a clearout and has made news internationally in his attempts to retrieve it from a landfill. However, the council has refused on environmental grounds, citing the dangers of disturbing the landfill, but Howells thinks that modern technology can aid him.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoins <span>Coins From 2009 Lost<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Howells stepped up his efforts to retrieve the drive in 2017, which contains a haul of bitcoins he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/crypto-guides\/how-to-mine-btc\/an-introduction-to-bitcoin-mining\"><span>mined<\/span><\/a><span> from 2009 to 2011, contacting the local council and asking to be able to search the landfill site. The council refused, saying that it was too dangerous, but Howells hasn\u2019t given up. Instead, he is taking his battle to the courts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As part of his outlandish plan, Howells has assembled a team of environmental health and data recovery experts who would utilise AI to operate a mechanical arm to sort through the recovered rubbish, with each piece then being sifted through by hand in a nearby tent in search of the drive. In an image of a dystopian future, robot dogs will be employed to make sure opportunistic thieves cannot steal the drive.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoins <span>Council Could Earn Millions<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Howells has offered the council 10% of the Bitcoin\u2019s value if the search is successful, which he believes could not only retrieve the drive but also help modernize Newport\u2019s waste management practices. \u201cUntil the court tells me no, I\u2019m not giving up,\u201d Howells said, signaling his commitment to pursuing the case through all levels of the UK legal system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The council, however, has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/wales-news\/im-suing-council-495m-because-30106009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span>described<\/span><\/a><span> the case as \u201cweak,\u201d maintaining that the environmental risks posed by the landfill, which contains hazardous materials, make excavation unfeasible. The case is set to be heard in court later this year, and both sides remain firm in their positions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Mark Hunter <a href=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/bitcoin-loss-victim-sues-local-council-over-search-refusal?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bitcoin-loss-victim-sues-local-council-over-search-refusal\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mark Hunter 2 months agoTue Oct 15 2024 06:55:49 Reading Time: 2 minutes A Welshman has sued the city council for $530 million for not letting him search landfill for a discarded hard drive James Howells threw out the drive containing 7,500 bitcoins in 2013, but the council has repeatedly refused him access to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":812427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4041,1495],"tags":[11476],"class_list":["post-812426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bitcoin","category-victim","tag-bitcoins"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}