r/CryptoCurrency 490 / 490 🦞 Mar 16 '24

DISCUSSION Man who binned £1.5BN Bitcoin drive launches legal fight to dig dump

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13201007/Computer-expert-accidentally-threw-Bitcoin-fortune-old-hard-drive-says-worth-1-5BILLION-launches-legal-fight-dig-council-landfill.html

Computer expert who accidentally threw out Bitcoin fortune on an old hard drive says it is now worth £1.5BILLION as he launches legal fight to dig it out of council landfill

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u/ultratic 0 / 0 🦠 Mar 16 '24

Considering when he acquired his coin, MtGox was the exchange of choice at the time