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Lost Bitcoin: A $500 Million Mistake

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Created November 17, 2025

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Imagine throwing away a hard drive that today would make you half a billion dollars

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richer. 2013, James Howells is just cleaning his office in Wales.

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His girlfriend grabs an old drive and tosses it in the bin. Inside were 8,000

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Bitcoin he mined for fun when they were worthless. Fast-forward to 2025,

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that drive is worth over $500 million. It's buried under 100,000 tons of rotting trash.

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He's sued the council, offered them 10%. They still say no. Half a billion dollars forever lost because

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of one trash bag. Back up your seed phrase on steel plates right now. Smash like if you'd

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risk it all. Put in the comments if you have heard a similar story.

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