Archive · 6 Aug 2025
Man Offers $3M to Buy Junkyard for Bitcoin Recovery
Imagine someone accidentally threw away a computer hard drive with a lot of money on it, like a digital treasure.
That's what happened to this man and his Bitcoin.
He's been trying for over a decade to get it back from a landfill.
Now, he wants to buy the whole junkyard where it's buried.
He also plans to create his own new Bitcoin network using the value of the lost money.
The man thinks he can get back his Bitcoin and become a billionaire.
He is currently not giving up even after multiple failed attempts.
Man offers $3 million to buy a junkyard in hopes of recovering Bitcoin.
He's been trying for 12 years to retrieve 8,000 Bitcoin worth $923 million.
Bitcoin was lost after his girlfriend threw out a hard drive.
A court recognized him as the legal owner of the cryptocurrency.
He plans to launch a Bitcoin L2 network named Ceiniog backed by the lost funds.
- Who
- James Howells, the man who lost the Bitcoin.
- What
- A man is trying to recover Bitcoin lost in a landfill.
- When
- For 12 years.
- Where
- Newport, Wales, in a landfill.
- Why
- To recover his Bitcoin.
Owner's Perspective
N/A
Recovery Strategy
Owner's Perspective
The man wants to recover his lost Bitcoin by any means necessary
N/A
N/A
- Bitcoin Value
- $923 million
- Bitcoin Amount
- 8,000
- Years Trying
- 12
- New Plan
- Buy the Junkyard
- New Network Name
- Ceiniog
- Legal Owner
- Howells