This dude will not give up the dream, you made a mistake, you stuffed up your key management, build a new stack!
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I would get crazy as well, but yeah at some point you should move on on your mistakes. Easier to say than do. And yes, hopefully he still stacked new sats in parallel.
Even if they let him rummage through the dump, what is the chance he finds it or that the drive is recoverable? I heard he had an agreement with some firm to fund it and they would get a piece of it should they recover the funds