Bitcoin Buried in Newport Landfill

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The whole story is covered in HN posts:

Missing hard drive containing Bitcoins worth £4m in Newport landfill site (163 points, 2013, 123 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6809065

Man Searches Through Landfill for 8 Years for $350M Lost Bitcoin Wallet (20 points, 2021, 8 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29586640

Man who threw away £150m in Bitcoin hopes AI and robot dogs will get it back (10 points, 2022, 2 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32326497

Man has 'finely tuned' plan to find £500M Bitcoin thrown in tip, court told (10 points, 2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42308909

Judge ends man's 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in Bitcoin (69 points, 7 months ago, 79 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42691913

Man who lost Bitcoin fortune in Welsh tip explores purchase of entire landfill (41 points, 6 months ago, 58 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42999044

I find the way the amount fluctuates over time mildly funny. It reminds me of the joke where the police makes a bust and the total weight of drug seized diminishes at each report.

The amount stays the same, it's just the value of it going up, which it will continue to do against everything else forever.

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