A British man lost a hard drive containing 8000 BTC in 2013 and demanded that his ex girlfriend discard it
Odaily Planet Daily News: James Howells, an IT engineer from Newport, Wales, recently revealed that in 2013, his ex girlfriend Halfina Eddy Evans discarded a hard drive containing 8000 BTC at Howells' request. Eddy Evans explained her role in the incident, saying, "He asked me to throw away unwanted things, including the hard drive. It's not my fault to throw it away." When the hard drive was thrown away, BTC was worth less than $1, but now these BTC are worth over $716 million. （Daily Mail） Previously, James Howells had accidentally discarded a hard drive containing 8000 bitcoins and is suing the Newport City Council for damages of £ 495 million (approximately $647 million). Howells made multiple attempts to retrieve the hard drive from the local landfill, but was obstructed by the municipal committee, which repeatedly refused his requests to excavate the site. In 2013, he accidentally threw away a hard drive containing Bitcoin during a home cleanup, which is now worth nearly 500 million pounds.