丟掉 7 億美元財富的人

威爾斯紐波特的詹姆斯·豪厄爾斯 (James Howells) 發現自己正陷入絕望的掙扎之中，想要追回目前價值超過 5.69 億英鎊的數位財富。

A Welsh man is locked in a legal battle with his local council over access to a digital fortune currently valued at over £569 million ($743 million).

一名威爾斯男子因獲取目前價值超過 5.69 億英鎊（7.43 億美元）的數位財富而與當地議會陷入法律糾紛。

James Howells of Newport, Wales, mined 8,000 Bitcoins in the early stages of the cryptocurrency boom in 2009, but lost access to his digital wallet when a hard drive was mistakenly thrown out by his partner in 2013.

來自威爾斯紐波特的James Howells 在2009 年加密貨幣繁榮的早期階段開採了8,000 個比特幣，但在2013 年他的合作夥伴錯誤地扔掉了一個硬碟後，他失去了對數位錢包的存取權限。

The hard drive contains the private key needed to access the bitcoins, which were worth a few pounds each when he mined them and are now worth tens of thousands of pounds per coin. The drive was inadvertently thrown out during a clear-out and ended up in a city landfill, a mistake that could cost Howells and his family a fortune.

硬碟包含存取比特幣所需的私鑰，當他開採比特幣時，每枚比特幣價值幾英鎊，現在每枚比特幣價值數萬英鎊。該驅動器在一次清理過程中被無意中扔掉，最終被扔進了城市垃圾掩埋場，這個錯誤可能會讓豪厄爾斯和他的家人損失一大筆錢。

Now, with the stakes raised by the soaring value of Bitcoin, Howells is taking legal action against Newport City Council after multiple denials to excavate the landfill where he believes his hard drive rests.

現在，隨著比特幣價值飆升，豪厄爾斯正在對紐波特市議會採取法律行動，因為紐波特市議會多次否認挖掘他認為自己的硬碟所在的垃圾掩埋場。

The council has resisted his requests, citing environmental concerns and regulatory restrictions regarding landfill excavations.

該委員會以環境問題和垃圾掩埋場挖掘的監管限制為由，拒絕了他的要求。

Howells’ last hope lies in a legal battle at Cardiff’s commercial court, where his attorneys will present arguments to sway the judge in his favor.

豪厄爾斯的最後希望寄託在卡迪夫商業法庭的一場法律訴訟上，他的律師將提出論據，以說服法官對他有利。

If successful, Howells will gain the legal authority to organize an excavation of the landfill, a process that could take several months and involve advanced screening technology to locate the hard drive without causing further environmental damage.

如果成功，豪厄爾斯將獲得組織對垃圾掩埋場進行挖掘的法律授權，這一過程可能需要幾個月的時間，並涉及先進的篩選技術來定位硬碟，而不會對環境造成進一步的破壞。