比特幣財富獵人詹姆斯·豪威爾斯（James Howells

詹姆斯·豪威爾斯（James Howells）上個月敗訴了一個高等法院案件，迫使紐波特市議會（Newport City）允許他搜索小費以取回他說的裝有比特幣的硬盤驅動器。

A computer expert who has spent a decade trying to recover a £600m bitcoin fortune from a council dump in south Wales is considering buying the site himself.

一位花了十年時間試圖從南威爾士市議會垃圾場收回6億英鎊比特幣財富的計算機專家正在考慮親自購買該網站。

James Howells, 39, lost a high court case last month to force Newport city council to allow him to search the tip for a hard drive which he says contains the bitcoins.

39歲的詹姆斯·豪威爾斯（James Howells）上個月敗訴了一個高等法院案，迫使紐波特市議會（Newport Council）允許他為硬盤駕駛，他說的是其中包含比特幣。

The council has since announced plans to close and cap the site, which would almost certainly spell the end of any lingering hopes of reaching the bitcoins. The authority has secured planning permission for a solar farm on part of the former landfill.

此後，該委員會宣布了關閉和限制該網站的計劃，這幾乎可以肯定會終結任何揮之不去的希望到達比特幣的希望。當局已獲得了前垃圾填埋場的太陽能農場的計劃許可。

Howells said on Monday it had been “quite a surprise” to hear of the closure plan.

豪威爾斯週一說，聽到封閉計劃真是令人驚訝。

“It [the council] claimed at the high court that closing the landfill to allow me to search would have a huge detrimental impact on the people of Newport, whilst at the same time they were planning to close the landfill anyway,” he said.

他說：“該理事會在高等法院聲稱，關閉垃圾填埋場允許我搜查將對紐波特人民產生巨大的有害影響，而他們無論如何都計劃關閉垃圾填埋場。”

“I expected it would be closed in the coming years because it’s 80/90% full – but didn’t expect its closure so soon. If Newport city council would be willing, I would potentially be interested in purchasing the landfill site ‘as is’ and have discussed this option with investment partners and it is something that is very much on the table.”

“我希望它會在未來幾年內關閉，因為它已經滿80/90％，但沒想到它很快就會關閉。如果紐波特市議會願意，我可能有興趣“按原樣”購買垃圾填埋場網站，並已與投資夥伴討論了這種選擇，這是很大程度上的。”

When he appeared at Cardiff civil justice centre, represented by lawyers working pro bono, Howells described how in the summer of 2013 he accidentally put the hard drive containing his bitcoin wallet in a black bag during an office sort-out and left it in the hall of his house.

當他出現在加的夫民事司法中心（Cardiff Civer Justice Center）以無償工作的律師為代表的加的夫民用中心（Cardiff Civer Privity Center）時，豪威爾斯（Howells）描述了2013年夏天，他如何在辦公室進行整理過程中不小心將裝有他的比特幣錢包的硬盤放在黑色袋中他的房子。

His then partner is said to have mistaken the bag for rubbish and taken it with her on a trip to the dump, where it has been lost.

據說他當時的伴侶將袋子誤認為是垃圾，然後將其帶到她去垃圾場的旅行中。

Howells quickly realised the mistake and ever since has been asking the council to help him retrieve the hard drive, even offering to share the money with the authority, to no avail.

豪威爾斯很快就意識到了這個錯誤，此後一直要求安理會幫助他取回硬盤，甚至願意與當局分享這筆錢，無濟於事。

The council has resisted Howells’ attempts to allow him to search, insisting that the hard drive had become its property when it entered the landfill site.

理事會拒絕豪威爾斯（Howells）試圖允許他進行搜索，並堅持認為，在進入垃圾填埋場現場時，硬盤驅動器已成為其財產。

Sitting as a high court judge, Judge Keyser KC said in January that he accepted the council’s argument that Howells was not entitled to try to retrieve it.

Keyser KC法官在高等法院擔任高等法院法官說，他接受了理事會的論點，即Howells無權試圖檢索它。

Newport city council declined to comment.

紐波特市議會拒絕置評。