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This is sad, and I can see why they're telling him no.

Because chances of finding it are slim, and chances of finding him if he shovels himself into some kinda garbage-pile-sinkhole void are also probably pretty slim!

I feel this way about 3 binders of mint never-played OG Pokemon cards I collected as a kid. I remember them exactly. Had my name on the cover with stickers and everything. The box just disappeared when I had to move numerous times in a short period.

I often rack my brain and curse the loss, especially because right now I'm your statistical millennial struggling to make money appear. It would've been worth a lot. I kinda hate the idea of trading cards these days because of it lol.

(To be fair, I just hate speculative markets, the hobby that inevitably overtakes every other hobby like a Tyranid swarm)

But at this point, this poor guy seems utterly consumed by his own greed.

In the words of Sean Connery as Dr. Jones Sr. in "The Last Crusade":

"Lehttit goh, Shon."

Money is the root of all evil. Perhaps our mistake is not losing the rest of Bitcoin unrecoverable in a nameless landfill...

I think it also might scream volumes about our society, that someone is driven to obsessive madness over the value of an encased metallic platter full of code nobody can make tangible use of. People must chase after imaginary riches to feel secure.

Makes me remember the guy buying pizza for like 35.000 Bitcoins.

He was always so angry because people thought he only bought one (1) pizza, but it was actually several pizza.

He got over it and said he'd probably had cashed out at btc at 1 dollar and flamed it all.

This dude is a total grifter, he knows they would never find it and if they did it wouldn't be readable, so he uses other peoples fear of missing out to fund his "fight" with the council

Imagine what focusing on this does to your life

"alright, here's a shovel, get to it."

James was then suddenly aware of how big a landfill really was.

"No, you can't use a bobcat."

It's been over 10 years. Even if he found it, what is the likelihood any data could still be retrieved from a hard drive that's been buried in landfill for that long?

I pity the guy somewhat. It would be absolute gut wrenching knowing you’ve lost a life changing amount of money. But this reeks of desperation and taking out your anger on somebody else for your own mistake. Now he’s suing the council after failing to bribe them with something that may or may not be recoverable. And if successful, lines his own pockets at the expense of his community’s.

Accept the expensive life lesson for what it is and move on… It sucks but it’s your own flaming fault and nobody owes you a thing.

With headlines like this, it's always important to keep in mind that bitcoin is such a thinly traded (and largely artificial) market that actually trying to sell 8,000 Btc for real dollars/pounds would instantly and catastrophically crash the price.

I wouldn't be surprised if that box didn't even make it to the dump. That kinda thing often ends up in the back of someone's truck until shift is over

"Accidentally threw it away" really sounds more like "threw it away, didn't have a backup, he now regrets throwing it away".

Dread to think what his solicitor is making by allowing this delusion to continue (unless he's representing himself in which case...fair enough I suppose). I've been reading about this man for years it seems like.

Least delusional crypto bro

I’ve heard about this guy before but I didn’t realise it was already worth so much at the time he lost it. I do feel sorry for him as it must suck to know you lost that much money from a simple mistake

reverse money printer go rbbbbbbbbbb

Something to note is the level of environmental damage attempting to recover this could cause. It’s not worth a “chance” for causing that damage.

In Finland we have this saying "voiko vitutukseen kuolla?"

Oof