Speaking to Cointelegraph, James Howells shares an update on his ongoing battle with legal and environmental challenges to recover a landfill hard drive containing $773M in lost Bitcoin.
James Howells, an IT engineer from Newport, Wales, is fighting a high-stakes legal battle to recover a hard drive containing private keys to 8,000 Bitcoin — worth an estimated $773 million.
The drive was mistakenly disposed of in a landfill, holds 2009-era Bitcoin (BTC), represents a fortune tied to the earliest days of the cryptocurrency market, and is currently barred access by the Newport City Council due to its environmental permit.
In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Howells said the legal proceedings are ongoing and backed by a world-class legal team and advanced artificial intelligence technology trained in United Kingdom law.
