After 12 years, James Howells, the man who accidentally threw away a hard drive with 8000 Bitcoin in 2013 (now worth $950M), has finally ended his search 😥
The hard drive will be worth $8B by 2030
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He didn't throw it away. It was his gf. 🥲
Out there somewhere is a scrap collector sitting on an absolute gold mine
I wonder how much time/energy/money he’s wasted looking for the lost drive instead of starting a fresh stack 12 years ago?! 😢
"Sometimes the journey is just as valuable as the destination. Every search teaches us something new, and who knows what gems might be found along the way? 🌟 #LearningJourney"
Sort of an Achilles heel for BTC, IMO. That's 8000 BTC that cannot be voided and reintegrated into the network. I'm torn on finite supply idea with no way of recovery -- or with recovery being a component tied to human responsibility. Granted BTC doesn't care about your own faults.
Elaborate boating accident.