After 12 Years of Failed Attempts, the Man Who Lost His Hard Drive Containing $742M in Bitcoin Finally Ends His Search - Paris 2018 News
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The saga of James Howells represents one of the most astonishing tales of lost digital wealth in cryptocurrency history. After 12 years of persistent efforts, this IT professional from Newport, South Wales has finally abandoned his quest to recover a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoins – now valued at an…
    • cm0002@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      You mean on a technical level or on a “It’s physically lost forever” level?

      Because had he found it, the chances for recovery would have been fairly decent…if he was able to locate it…

      • onslaught545@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        11 months ago

        After 12 years in a landfill that drive would be full of garbage soup. I’ve taken plenty of drives apart, and they aren’t completely sealed.

        • cm0002@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
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          11 months ago

          Oh it’d be a job for a top tier professional recovery service, it would be expensive I’m sure, but if we’re talking almost a billion…a couple thousand would be nothing lol

      • n3m37h@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        11 months ago

        That PCB is toast and ya really cant swap PCBs and expect it to work. Sorry but after a year in a landfill that would be toasted.

        Ya might be able to read the platters if youre lucky, but I still doubt it.

        • onslaught545@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          11 months ago

          You can swap logic boards and get things to work, but there’s a good chance it’ll be forensic recovery at that point.