Bitcoin: man throws away hardrive worth billions

SOUTH WALES – Security teams and cameras guard dump around the clock over fears treasure hunters could try to dig a hardrive up after a computer expert accidentally threw crypto fortune in bin years ago.

Early crypto investor James Howells, 38, made the calamitous mistake of accidentally throwing away 8,000 Bitcoins ten years ago and is now launching a legal fight to get them back .

A misunderstanding saw his partner throw away the only hard drive containing the access to his crypto assets – which has now rocketed in value to more than £450 million – as he had been temporarily storing it in a black bin bag.

Distraught James has been trying to recover the disc from the council run dump ever since and has narrowed the potential search down to an area which would mean excavating 100,000 tonnes of rubbish.

However, a strict security cordon is in place at the the Newport Household Waste Recycling Centre in South Wales after the council refused him permission.