一名男子奋力找回丢失的硬盘，里面装有价值超过 6 亿美元的比特币

来自威尔士纽波特的 IT 工程师 James Howells 表示，他的伙伴不小心扔掉的硬盘上存储了 8,000 个比特币

A man is battling to retrieve a misplaced hard drive containing Bitcoin currently now worth over $600 million.

一名男子正在努力找回一个丢失的硬盘，其中包含目前价值超过 6 亿美元的比特币。

We've all misplaced our keys, lost our wallet or forgotten where we put our coat, but for James Howells, when his hard drive went missing back in 2013, it was far more serious a concern.

我们都曾丢过钥匙、丢过钱包或忘记把外套放在哪里，但对于 James Howells 来说，2013 年他的硬盘丢失时，这是一个更为严重的问题。

The IT engineer, from Newport, Wales, says 8,000 Bitcoins were stored on the hard drive which his partner accidentally threw out - with the cryptocurrency worth an eye-watering amount today.

这位来自威尔士纽波特的 IT 工程师表示，他的伙伴不小心扔掉的硬盘上存储了 8,000 个比特币 - 如今这些加密货币的价值令人瞠目结舌。

The conundrum

难题

Soon after realizing his partner had accidentally ditched the hard drive at Newport City Council's landfill site, Howells immediately called the council and asked to come and retrieve it.

豪厄尔斯意识到他的搭档不小心把硬盘扔到了纽波特市议会的垃圾填埋场后不久，他立即打电话给议会，要求上门取回它。

Unfortunately, the council said no and a battle commenced, with Howell resolving to sue the council for $648m for not allowing him to come and find the hard drive, alongside reportedly hiring NASA data recovery engineers to pin point where the hard drive may be lying.

不幸的是，该委员会拒绝了，一场战斗开始了，豪威尔决定起诉该委员会，要求赔偿 6.48 亿美元，因为该委员会不允许他来寻找硬盘，据报道，他还聘请了 NASA 数据恢复工程师来查明硬盘可能所在的位置。 。

And to make matters even more frustrating for Howells, the worth of the Bitcoins has since increased even further in recent times.

更让豪厄尔斯感到沮丧的是，比特币的价值近年来进一步上涨。

How much the Bitcoins are worth now

比特币现在值多少钱

Howells told the BBC the hard drive is now worth over $632,079,290 and at the time of writing, 8,000 Bitcoins are worth even more - a staggering $735,629,360.

Howells 告诉 BBC，该硬盘现在的价值超过 632,079,290 美元，在撰写本文时，8,000 个比特币的价值甚至更高 - 达到惊人的 735,629,360 美元。

Why? Well, Donald Trump winning the 2024 US Presidential Election led to a spike in the price of the digital currency, so much so its value has reached an all time high.

为什么？唐纳德·特朗普赢得 2024 年美国总统大选，导致数字货币价格飙升，其价值达到历史新高。

But if the hard drive is worth such a lot, why is the council still refusing to help Howells retrieve it?

但如果硬盘价值如此之高，为什么市议会仍然拒绝帮助豪厄尔斯取回它呢？

The battle continues

战斗仍在继续

Well, a spokesman for Newport Council said the council has told Howells 'multiple times' an 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' and that it's the 'only body authorised to carry out operations on the site' and 'follows a strict monitoring and reporting regime for all environmental parameters'.

纽波特市议会的一位发言人表示，该市议会已“多次”告诉豪厄尔斯，“根据我们的环境许可证，不可能进行挖掘工作，这种性质的工作将对周边地区产生巨大的负面环境影响”，而且“唯一被授权在现场进行作业的机构”，并且“对所有环境参数遵循严格的监测和报告制度”。

Howells responded: "They [the council] are currently, in my opinion, withholding my property without my consent and they’re not allowing me to search for it.

豪厄尔斯回应道：“在我看来，他们（议会）目前在未经我同意的情况下扣押了我的财产，并且不允许我寻找它。

"The last time we put an offer to them to meet, it was worth £500 million ($632,079,290) , a few weeks ago, and they refused that...

“几周前，我们上次向他们提出会面的邀请，金额为 5 亿英镑（632,079,290 美元），但他们拒绝了……

"I am still willing to avert court action and have a sensible and amicable conversation with Newport City Council, but there has to be no messing around. They have to come and speak to me.”

“我仍然愿意避免法庭诉讼，并与纽波特市议会进行明智和友好的对话，但不能有任何混乱。他们必须来和我说话。”

A Newport City Council spokesperson said: "Mr. Howells has brought a civil claim against the council for a sum in the region of £0.5bn.

纽波特市议会发言人表示：“豪厄尔斯先生已向市议会提出民事索赔，索赔金额约为 5 亿英镑。

The claim has no merit, and the council is vigorously resisting it.

这一说法毫无根据，市议会正在极力抵制。