Old Dell XPS N1710 computer hard Drive 7,500 Bitcoin

Object: Old Dell XPS N1710 computer hard Drive 7,500 Bitcoin

Owner: James Hauers

Lost Time: this summer

Possible location: Landfill site in Wilsnioport, UK

Total value: About RMB 45.7 million

British IT workers 4 years ago easy to "dig" to get 7,500 Bitcoin, but careless throw away, provoked netizens want to go to the garbage dump Taobao

Information Times comprehensive report the Docksway landfill in Wilsnioport, UK, has become a coveted place for treasure-seekers, with a 4-foot sludge and rubbish hidden under a hard disk worth 7.5 million dollars (about 45.7 million yuan) in the landfill area such as a football field, Because this hard drive has a British IT workers "dug" 7,500 bitcoin, and this Thursday afternoon Bitcoin price has more than 1000 U.S. dollars.

Digging treasure: 7,500 bitcoin a week

Although bitcoin is now red-hot around the world, its reputation as a virtual currency is limited to technology circles at the beginning of the 2009 when James Hauers dug up bitcoin. At that time, Bitcoin began to rise soon-a computer algorithm to create money-relatively good "digging". Howells's 7,500 Bitcoin runs a week of "digging" on its own laptop, and today it requires large, expensive computer equipment.

It was only "dug" for a week because his girlfriend complained that the laptop was too noisy and feverish to run a complex program "digging" bitcoin.

A few days ago, in the British "Guardian" interview, Howells said that after the stop digging, he did not have to dig up the bitcoin when the same thing, "I had a child, busy decorating the house, until recently bitcoin was fired in the uproar to remember." ”

Throw the treasure: hard drive into the rubbish bin

In 2010, Howells accidentally spilled lemonade to the Dell XPS N1710 notebook, which helped him dig the mine, tore it apart when the computer broke, and most of the parts were thrown away or sold, and he put the hard drive in the drawer.

And this is 3 years, this summer, Howells the table, found in the drawer of the hard drive, threw it into the garbage cans.

"I also can't remember the specific time, racking my brains and thinking about between June 20 and August 10, probably mid-July," Howells said.

It was not until last Friday (November 22) that Howells realized that he had made a big mistake. He said: "I go up and down, trying to use a U disk to restore lost hard disk data, I try to do all the way, fantasy that they will have a backup, or accidentally do a backup, but ... Nothing。 ”

This thrown out of the hard drive, a useful password set the "private key", with this "private key" can have access to and trading bitcoin rights; otherwise, the money will be lost forever.

Treasure Hunt: Look at the scene dead Heart

Howells even ran to the local landfill, "I explained my situation to a guy there and I took me to a landfill where a lot of staff were working and the pitch was as big as a football field, and he said that three or four months ago the rubbish was estimated to have been buried three or four feet (about 0.9~1.2 meters) deep underground. ”

Howells considered digging his own hard drive, but was told that "even if the police are looking for something, they need a team of 15 people, two excavators, and all the personal protection measures, and I want to find this money, there is no guarantee that it is impossible." ”

Knowing this, Howells gave up the idea of digging the hard drive back.

Although very discouraged, Howells still believe that Bitcoin is the future currency, "I think the price of Bitcoin will continue to rise, I think it is the next stage of the Internet, that is why I had to dig Bitcoin." We have everything now, Google, Facebook and so on are already the boss of their field, the only lack of a common internet currency. ”

Official saying: "Not allowed to go to the junkyard to hunt for treasure"

"There is a can of gold and others to discover ... I even wanted to sign up for a ' Find my Bitcoin ' (www.returnmybitcoin.com), "Howells said, and he also set up a Bitcoin wallet to make it easier for people who find the hard drive to donate the bitcoin.

"It would have been nice if someone had found it," Howells said, "if they found it and left it behind." After all, it was my fault that I lost my hard drive. ”

Howells himself not to go to the garbage dump dug hard, but after the news, many netizens, treasure-seekers are gearing up. But a spokeswoman for the local council in Newport stressed that no one should be allowed to go to the junkyard, "Obviously, if we can get it back easily, we'll have it back already." ”

User comments:

"Go, take the shovel and dig the Bitcoin."

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――alexander81

Can't they use bitcoin metal detectors?

――camdenkid

Go, buy a ticket, get a shovel, rush to Newport Dump ...

――lemmycautions

I recommend that you question the British National Communications Administration (GCHQ) to see if they have backups or use their ' public key ' directly.

――richp

Even if the hard drive can be recovered, after 4 months of wet and heavy garbage, how likely can you read the data?

――etrang

The latest market value of Bitcoin

12.9 billion dollars

According to the Xinhua news agency, the price of digital virtual currency Bitcoin 27th in Japan Mt.Gox exchange for the first time to break 1000 U.S. dollars in less than one months to achieve 400% of the gains.

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Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate held hearings on the virtual currency, making Bitcoin more famous. Some Bitcoin advocates argue that the hearing has helped push investors to the point of Bitcoin.

"Not only are the Bitcoin insiders saying it's good for use and potential," says a spokeswoman for the Washington-based Dollar Foundation. ”

Bitcoin can be traded 24 hours a day throughout the year. It does not rely on the central bank supply, but rely on people with computer programs to run a specific algorithm to obtain, commonly known as "mining."

The number of Bitcoin is limited, at this stage is 12 million, the latest market price is about 12.9 billion U.S. dollars. According to the calculation, by 2140, the total amount of Bitcoin will reach a maximum of 21 million.