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Tony Bark@pawb.social to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

Man who lost $800 million bitcoin in landfill wants to buy the garbage dump

www.aol.com

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Man who lost $800 million bitcoin in landfill wants to buy the garbage dump

www.aol.com

Tony Bark@pawb.social to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
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Buried deep in a Welsh landfill, beneath layers of years-old garbage, there is a hard drive that holds the key to almost $800 million in bitcoin – or so James Howells believes, after accidentally throwing the drive away in 2013.
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    aol.com?

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      I thought I clicked the original CNN article, but I got the AOL copy instead. Not that it matters. It’s still the same one.

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        I was amused that AOL is still a thing :)

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          Indeed, it is. My original email is still there, too. xD

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