The cost of the most expensive garbage bag in the world reached 780 million dollars. It is a bag of garbage that an acquaintance of James Howells, 39, threw away about 10 years ago, and which contained a hard drive with 8,000 Bitcoins. The device is currently located at the bottom of a landfill near Newport, Wales.
Oku.Az“LADbible” reported on this.
James is reportedly willing to search through nearly 1.5 million tons of trash to find the hard drive. When all this happened in 2013, his 8,000 Bitcoins were valued at around £4 million, but now the exchange rate has risen and the cryptocurrency is worth more than £600 million ($780 million).
The hard drive ended up in the trash by accident: James left it on the table while he was updating his computer. It seems that by mistake the device fell into the bag and then into the trash.
Although the victim has repeatedly appealed to the city council, it does not want to meet with him. The city council stated that with the permit it is not possible to carry out excavation work. Even if any organization allowed James to be buried in garbage, it would have a huge impact on the environment.
He repeatedly proposed to the council to transfer a percentage of “Bitcoins” to finance public projects, but was rejected. That’s why he sued the city council.
The case is due before a judge in December 2024.
