IT 工程師 James Howells 在為比特幣硬碟挖掘垃圾掩埋場的訴訟中敗訴

James Howells 在 2009 年開採了比特幣，當時它幾乎一文不值，並在 2013 年清理辦公室時意外丟棄了硬碟。

A Welsh IT engineer has lost his bid to excavate a landfill in Newport to search for a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin, now valued at over $750 million.

一名威爾斯 IT 工程師在紐波特的一個垃圾掩埋場挖掘裝有 8,000 比特幣的硬碟（目前價值超過 7.5 億美元）的投標中失敗了。

James Howells, who mined the Bitcoin in 2009, claimed to have accidentally discarded the hard drive in his garbage during an office clear-out in 2013.

2009 年開採比特幣的詹姆斯·豪厄爾斯 (James Howells) 聲稱，他在 2013 年辦公室清理期間不小心將硬碟扔進了垃圾箱。

He has since faced legal hurdles in his attempts to retrieve the device from the landfill, which is owned by Newport City Council.

此後，他在試圖從紐波特市議會擁有的垃圾掩埋場取回該設備時遇到了法律障礙。

After several failed attempts to gain permission to excavate the site, Howells faced a UK court in his latest bid to either gain access to the landfill or be awarded $608 million in damages.

在多次嘗試獲得挖掘該場地的許可失敗後，豪厄爾斯最近一次向英國法院提出要求，要么獲得進入垃圾掩埋場的許可，要么獲得 6.08 億美元的損害賠償。

However, Judge Keyser KC ruled that Howells’ claim had “no realistic prospect” of succeeding at trial.

然而，凱澤·KC 法官裁定，豪厄爾斯的主張「沒有現實的前景」能夠在審判中取得成功。

The court upheld the council's stance that the excavation would breach environmental permits and pose significant ecological risks, effectively ending Howells’ excavation efforts.

法院維持了該委員會的立場，即挖掘活動將違反環境許可並構成重大生態風險，從而有效地結束了豪厄爾斯的挖掘工作。

After mining the Bitcoin in 2009, when it was nearly worthless, Howells went on to discard the hard drive during an office cleanup in 2013.

2009 年開採比特幣後，當時比特幣幾乎一文不值，豪厄爾斯在 2013 年辦公室清理期間丟棄了硬碟。

He has since faced a decade-long struggle to retrieve the device from the Newport landfill.

此後，他為從紐波特垃圾掩埋場取回該設備付出了長達十年的努力。

Despite offering 10% of the potential recovery and proposing a £10 million excavation plan funded by investors, the council has consistently denied his requests.

儘管提供了 10% 的潛在回收率，並提議由投資者資助 1000 萬英鎊的挖掘計劃，但委員會始終拒絕他的請求。

In his latest legal move, Howells sought either access to the landfill or $608 million in damages.

在豪厄爾斯最新的法律行動中，他尋求要么進入垃圾掩埋場，要么賠償 6.08 億美元的損失。

However, the council countered that the hard drive became its property upon entering the landfill, a point the court upheld.

然而，委員會反駁說，硬碟在進入垃圾掩埋場後就成為其財產，法院維持了這一點。

The council cited the risk of environmental damage as a key reason for denying the excavation.

該委員會將環境破壞的風險作為拒絕挖掘的主要原因。

Howells had previously accused the council of environmental violations, claiming the landfill was already leeching toxins like arsenic.

豪厄爾斯先前曾指責該委員會違反環境規定，聲稱垃圾掩埋場已經在滲出砷等毒素。

However, the court sided with the council's assessment of the environmental impact.

然而，法院支持市議會對環境影響的評估。

Following the court's ruling, Howells stated that he would not give up and that he planned to tokenize the inaccessible Bitcoin into a new cryptocurrency, viewing the landfill as a “super-duper storage vault.”

在法院做出裁決後，豪厄爾斯表示他不會放棄，他計劃將無法存取的比特幣標記為一種新的加密貨幣，並將垃圾掩埋場視為「超級儲存金庫」。

While the legal battle over the landfill appears to be over, Howells is not giving up on finding an alternative way to recover his fortune.

雖然圍繞垃圾掩埋場的法律鬥爭似乎已經結束，但豪厄爾斯並沒有放棄尋找替代方法來收回自己的財富。