Judge Denies Search for $600 Million Bitcoin in Landfill
- A British judge rejected James Howells’ request to search a landfill for a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin.
- The Bitcoin was lost during a house cleanup in Newport, Wales, in 2013.
- The cryptocurrency’s value has surged to over $600 million since Howells mined it in 2009.
- Newport City Council cited environmental hazards as a reason to deny the excavation request.
- The court ruled there were insufficient grounds for success in recovering the hard drive.
The court’s decision ends James Howells’ lengthy attempt to retrieve his lost Bitcoin fortune, emphasizing environmental concerns and low recovery chances as key factors.
