Man offers to buy waste dump site after losing bitcoin hard drive worth millions

re to proceed to a full trial. Now the city is planning to close the landfill for good.  Howells, a computer science analyst, accidentally discarded the hard drive with a pile of trash. He was cleaning out his office in 2013 when he left it with other items destined for the dump. A miscommunication with his partner at the time led to the drive being gathered up and taken to the landfill, the Times reported.  KEVIN O’LEARY TAPS INTO POTENTIAL BITCOIN ‘BOMB’: ‘PRETTY INTERESTING’ To his misfortune, the hard drive, a backup from an old gaming computer, contained the only copy of his 51-character private key, used to access Bitcoin wallets. In the late 2000s, when cryptocurrency was in its infancy, Howell had mined it as a hobbyist.  However, he realized his mistake months later, as well as the fact that the Bitcoin wallet was worth millions. He’s been trying to get it back ever since.  Despite his attempts, the Newport City Council has suggested that the chances of Howells recovering the 12-year-old wallet are slim.  A novelty Bitcoin token during the NFT. A man in Britain is offering to purchase a local landfill in an effort to search for a lost Bitcoin hard drive he accidentally threw away more than a decade ago. (Photographer: Timothy Fadek/Bloomberg via Getty Expand “This needle is very, very, very valuable — $800 million,” Howells said “which means I’m willing to search every piece of hay in order to find the needle.” FOX Business’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.  Get updates to this story on FOXBusiness.com. MoneyWorldNewsOffbeat & UnusualWorldTechnologyNews