在量子計算機上恢復丟失的比特幣財富的競賽

在2013年夏季，豪威爾斯先生錯誤地扔掉了一個加密的硬盤驅動器，該驅動器的鑰匙是他的8,000比特幣

A Welsh man's bid to dig up a landfill to find a hard drive containing bitcoins worth hundreds of millions of dollars has taken a new twist as he explores buying the site to continue his search.

威爾士男子的競標是要挖掘垃圾填埋場，以找到一個裝有價值數億美元的比特幣的硬盤驅動器，他探索了購買該網站以繼續搜索的新轉折。

James Howells, from Newport, South Wales, said he accidentally threw away the hard drive in 2013 and has been trying to get permission to excavate the site ever since.

來自南威爾士紐波特的詹姆斯·豪威爾斯（James Howells）說，他在2013年不小心拋棄了這一硬盤，並一直試圖獲得批准來挖掘該網站。

The former IT worker said he had an agreement with his former girlfriend at the time to take out the rubbish, and she took the drive to a local council waste disposal facility, from which it eventually ended up in a landfill in Newport.

這位前IT工人說，他當時與他的前女友達成了一項協議，以拿出垃圾，然後她驅車前往地方議會廢物處理設施，最終最終在紐波特的垃圾填埋場中。

Upon realizing his blunder, he sought funding and assembled a team of experts to excavate the site, even offering to give the city 30% of the coin’s value (at that time around $70 million) in exchange for permission to dig.

意識到自己的失誤後，他尋求資金，並組建了一支專家團隊來挖掘該地點，甚至提出要給該市30％的城市價值（當時約7000萬美元），以換取許可挖掘。

However, the city has denied him permission, stating that excavating the site could release harmful substances, posing “potentially serious risks” to public health and the environment.

但是，該市否認了他的許可，並指出該地點可能會釋放有害物質，從而對公共衛生和環境構成“潛在的嚴重風險”。

Now, Howells is exploring the option of purchasing the landfill site, which is set to be closed and converted into a solar farm, to continue his search.

現在，豪威爾斯（Howells）正在探索購買垃圾填埋場的選擇，該垃圾填埋場將被關閉並轉換為太陽能農場，以繼續搜索。

"The council has said no and that's that, they won't budge on it. I've had to pivot and come up with another plan, which is to buy the site ourselves and get on with it that way," Howells told the BBC.

“理事會說不，就是這樣，他們不會對此感到不安。我不得不關鍵並提出另一個計劃，那就是自己購買該網站並以這種方式繼續前進。”英國廣播公司

"We're in talks with the administrators at the moment and we're hoping to get it over the line in the next few weeks."

“目前，我們正在與管理員進行對話，我們希望在接下來的幾週內將其延續。”

He said he believes he can narrow down the search area to around 10,000-15,000 tons of waste out of the 350,000 tons in the landfill.

他說，他認為他可以將搜索區域縮小到垃圾填埋場350,000噸的浪費約10,000-15,000噸。

"We're going to be able to get down to a fine level of detail in terms of where the hard drive is," he said.

他說：“就硬盤驅動器所在的位置而言，我們將能夠達到一個很好的細節。”

"We're going to be able to get within a cubic meter of where it is, which will make the search a lot easier."

“我們將能夠在其位置的立方米內獲得，這將使搜索變得更加容易。”

Howells said he had hoped to get permission from the council to start digging by March, but that plan has now been scrapped.

豪威爾斯說，他曾希望獲得理事會的許可，以便在三月之前開始挖掘，但是現在已經取消了該計劃。

"We were hoping to get started by March, but that's not going to happen now," he said.

他說：“我們希望能在三月開始，但這不會發生。”

"We're still hoping to get started this year, but it depends on how quickly we can get the deal done to buy the site."

“我們仍然希望在今年開始，但這取決於我們能迅速完成該網站的交易。”

He said he had also received interest from other parties who wanted to join the search.

他說，他還收到了想加入搜索的其他各方的興趣。

"We've had a lot of interest from people who want to get involved in the search," he said.

他說：“我們想參與搜索的人們感興趣。”

"There's a group of volunteers who are keen to help out and we're also talking to some salvage companies who could potentially be involved."

“有一群熱衷於提供幫助的志願者，我們也與一些有可能參與的救助公司交談。”

Howells said he was confident that the hard drive was still intact and that he would be able to recover the bitcoins.

豪威爾斯說，他有信心硬盤仍然完好無損，並且他將能夠恢復比特幣。

"I'm sure the hard drive is still there and I'm confident that we'll be able to find it," he said.

他說：“我確定硬盤驅動器仍然存在，我有信心我們能夠找到它。”

"It's going to be a lot of work, but it's definitely possible."

“這將是很多工作，但絕對有可能。”