Dive Brief:
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This summer, a man in the UK threw his hard drive in the trash, which was storing over $9 million worth of bitcoin.
James Howells was cleaning his home in Wales and tossed out the computer containing the bitcoin that he had been accumulating for several years.
Howells just realized his mistake; a spokesperson for the landfill said that the device would be under 25,000 cubic meters of trash by now and although workers have helped look for items in the past, it was discarded too long ago to be retrieved.
Dive Insight:
Bitcoin is a digital currency whose value fluctuates based on what the market will bear. On Friday, it was valued at $1,250.