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James Howells throws USD 6.1 million worth of Bitcoin in a dumpster

2 points| linusekenstam | 12 years ago |dn.se

James Howells, accidentally spilled a drink on his laptop containing a hard drive with 7500 Bitcoins that he had mined. The laptop then ended up in a dumpster, and then a landfill. Total value of those Bitcoins today would have been 6.1 million USD.

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tmikaeld|12 years ago

11 days later?.. I thought this was hacker news?