'I threw out £500million worth of Bitcoin - the council won't let me have it back'
Bianca Popa
A man who threw away half a billion in Bitcoin is facing his last chance legal fight to enter landfill to retrieve it. James Howells, 39, is gearing up for court action against Newport Council in Wales, after they refused to let him to excavate computer equipment needed to unlock his 8,000 Bitcoins, equivalent to £569 million today. A decade ago James' then partner, threw away a black bin bag containing the drive he needed to gain access to his Bitcoin. Since, it has sat in a rubbish tip, which
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