A man was accidentally thrown away lost a hard drive containing some Bitcoins worth $ 7.5 million , based on the value of Bitcoin at the present time .
A man named James Howells UK recently are trying to find the drive again he was thrown into the landfill four years ago . A special feature of this is the hard drive which contains the Bitcoin is worth up to $ 7.5 million , calculated at the current value of the virtual currency (1000 USD / Bitcoin ) . James Howells has accumulated to 7500 Bitcoin in 2009 , but at that time , the number of Bitcoin is hardly worth anything . By early this year , he threw the hard drive containing the Bitcoin is going after 3 years so that it is not in the drawer .
Howells said he accidentally left a valuable hard drive after spilling a drink on the computer containing the hard drive to be used to plow Bitcoin and then to liquidate the machine . He said earlier he " never once left the old hard drive " , but Howells was too unlucky when the drive leaves full precious right .
The value of the virtual currency Bitcoin soared in recent years , culminating in the days when its trading value reached $ 1,000 it made extremely regretfully Howells . Kristoffer Koch , a Norwegian at the time of each purchase of Bitcoin in 2009 at just 27 USD now wealthy when the value of Bitcoin at the present time up to $ 886,000 . Number of Howells Bitcoin is worth much bigger , but helpless by a wish to trade , you have access to a file stored on the hard drive that I had discarded .
Howells also pessimistic about the chances of finding the drive again . Landfill manager contains a hard drive you can say that it was buried at a depth of 1 to 1.5 meters wide at the landfill of a football field . Normally , the investigation agency has also succeeded in finding the evidence buried in landfills of this type , but requires the help of sniffer dogs and searches of participants to 15 to 20 people are equipped with adequate protection . But perhaps not venturing Howells to invest the rent for this search by doubt it has brought results.
