[Article] Man who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the site

Even if he bought it, the environmental issues of excavation would still stand.

Even if he found it, it's an old spinning disk HDD. Survival is incredibly unlikely.

And if it did survive, he'd need to still remember the key for the encryption he put on the drive.

The story is local to me. I've seen it develop over the years, popping up in the local rags whenever BTC price has spiked and when he's been in and out of court over it.

Few people can say they've made an almost billion dollar mistake. The whole debacle has consumed the man and probably denied him a lot of life lived.

Pretty big gamble. He still has to find it and the code has to be recoverable.

Now I understand the concept of bitcoin mining!

It was thrown away 10 years ago. It probably is crushed under a few tons of junk.

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That’s a great illustration to go along with the story.