因伴侶扔掉硬碟而損失 5.69 億英鎊比特幣財富的男子可能找到了找回財富的方法

詹姆斯·豪威爾斯此前曾被拒絕進入垃圾掩埋場，他聲稱他的財富藏在垃圾裡

A man whose partner accidentally threw away a hard drive containing £569million worth of Bitcoin could still get his hands on the fortune – if he can remember a crucial detail.

如果一個人的伴侶不小心扔掉了一個裝有價值 5.69 億英鎊比特幣的硬碟，那麼他仍然可以得到這筆財富——如果他能記住一個關鍵細節。

James Howells has previously been denied access to landfill, which he claimed held his fortune hidden within the rubbish. But an expert has suggested there is a way he can regain his value.

詹姆斯·豪厄爾斯此前曾被拒絕進入垃圾掩埋場，他聲稱自己的財產藏在垃圾掩埋場。但一位專家建議，有一種方法可以讓他重新獲得價值。

READ MORE: Man desperate to recover £569m Bitcoin fortune from landfill after partner chucked drive

閱讀更多：在合夥人放棄開車後，一名男子迫切希望從垃圾掩埋場收回 5.69 億英鎊的比特幣財富

According to them, he just has to use the right words.

據他們說，他只需要使用正確的詞語。

The 39-year-old says his dreams of a fortune disappeared a decade ago when his then partner chucked out a black bin bag containing the computer drive he needs to get access to his Bitcoin stash.

這位 39 歲的男子表示，十年前，他當時的伴侶扔掉了一個黑色垃圾袋，裡面裝著他用來訪問自己的比特幣藏品所需的電腦驅動器，他的致富夢想就此破滅。

Reportedly, he had about 8,000 Bitcoin on a hard drive.

據報道，他的硬碟上有大約 8000 個比特幣。

But not all hope is lost, as an expert has weighed in and suggested there is a way James can regain his value. According to them, he just has to use the right words.

但並不是所有的希望都破滅了，一位專家已經權衡並建議詹姆斯可以透過某種方式重新獲得他的價值。據他們說，他只需要使用正確的詞語。

James believes he knows where the hard drive is. After Newport City Council denied him from diving in the bins to retrieve it, he actually tried to sue them.

詹姆斯相信他知道硬碟在哪裡。在紐波特市議會拒絕他潛入垃圾箱取回它後，他實際上試圖起訴他們。

A spokesperson for Newport City Council said: "Newport City Council has been contacted multiple times since 2013 about the possibility of retrieving a piece of IT hardware said to be in our landfill site.

紐波特市議會的發言人表示：「自 2013 年以來，我們多次聯繫紐波特市議會，詢問是否有可能取回據說位於我們垃圾掩埋場的 IT 硬體。

"The council has told Mr Howells multiple times that excavation is not possible under our environmental permit, and that work of that nature would have a huge negative environmental impact on the surrounding area.

「委員會多次告訴豪厄爾斯先生，根據我們的環境許可證，不可能進行挖掘工作，而且這種性質的工作將對周圍地區的環境產生巨大的負面影響。

"The council is the only body authorised to carry out operations on the site. Mr Howells's claim has no merit, and the council is vigorously resisting it."

「該委員會是唯一有權在該地點開展行動的機構。豪厄爾斯先生的說法毫無根據，該委員會正在大力抵制。”

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Hadyn Jones, an expert in all things cryptocurrency, says if Mr. Howells still has the "seed phase", he'd be able to get his money back.

加密貨幣領域的專家哈丁瓊斯 (Hadyn Jones) 在接受《每日郵報》採訪時表示，如果豪厄爾斯仍處於“種子期”，他就能拿回自己的錢。

The "key" is on the hard drive and if he has some record of the 'seed phrase', a series of random words, he'll be able to get back in.

「鑰匙」在硬碟上，如果他有「種子短語」（一系列隨機單字）的記錄，他就能夠重新進入。

Jones explained: "So, as long as he has that, he is quids in. If he doesn't, it's sayōnara."

瓊斯解釋說：“所以，只要他有這個，他就可以賺到錢。如果他沒有，那就是sayōnara。”

However, another expert, Paul Sibenik, weighed in and said it was most likely "inaccessible forever" without the physical hard drive.

然而，另一位專家保羅·希貝尼克(Paul Sibenik)表示，如果沒有實體硬碟，它很可能「永遠無法存取」。

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