O britânico James Howells está processando o conselho municipal local depois de jogar fora por engano um disco rígido contendo 7.500 Bitcoins (no valor de mais de US$ 700 milhões). Ele solicitou repetidamente a escavação de um depósito de lixo nos últimos 10 anos, mas foi repetidamente rejeitado. No entanto, o processo foi agora rejeitado pelo Supremo Tribunal do Reino Unido.
De acordo com James Howells, ele obteve esses Bitcoins por meio da mineração em 2009. Inesperadamente, quando estava limpando sua casa em 2013, ele colocou por engano o disco rígido contendo Bitcoins em um saco de lixo preto. Meu parceiro o descartou na hora, e o lixo. o saco acabou sendo enviado para um centro de reciclagem.
For the past 10 years, James Howells has been trying to retrieve his hard drives from the local landfill. He has repeatedly requested to excavate the landfill but has been denied by Newport City Council, despite his promise to share 10% of the value of the Bitcoin he holds with the council if he is able to recover the hard drives. However, the council continued to oppose the excavation request citing environmental concerns.
Under the despair of all hopes, James Howells filed a lawsuit against Newport City Council last October, requesting permission to excavate the landfill, or else he should be paid £495 million (approximately $609 million) as compensation.
At a hearing last December, Newport City Council requested the High Court to dismiss the case on the grounds that under current law, once the hard drives enter the landfill, they are considered 'public property,' and environmental permits clearly prohibit excavation in the landfill.
According to a report by the BBC, High Court Judge Andrew John Keyser KC noted in a written judgment on Thursday that the lawsuit 'lacks a reasonable legal basis' and even if the case went to trial, there was 'no likelihood of success,' nor were there any other reasons sufficient to persuade the court to proceed with further hearings, thus ruling to dismiss.
James Howells had optimistically predicted that this 'sleeping wealth' could appreciate to £1 billion (approximately $1.2 billion) by 2026, and he had also claimed that he would resolutely appeal to the UK Supreme Court if necessary.
"7,500 Bitcoins mistakenly thrown away as trash! UK man wants to 'excavate landfill' but is harshly rejected by the court" This article was first published on (Blockcast).
