比特币财富猎人詹姆斯·豪威尔斯（James Howells

詹姆斯·豪威尔斯（James Howells）上个月败诉了一个高等法院案件，迫使纽波特市议会（Newport City）允许他搜索小费以取回他说的装有比特币的硬盘驱动器。

A computer expert who has spent a decade trying to recover a £600m bitcoin fortune from a council dump in south Wales is considering buying the site himself.

一位花了十年时间试图从南威尔士市议会垃圾场收回6亿英镑比特币财富的计算机专家正在考虑亲自购买该网站。

James Howells, 39, lost a high court case last month to force Newport city council to allow him to search the tip for a hard drive which he says contains the bitcoins.

39岁的詹姆斯·豪威尔斯（James Howells）上个月败诉了一个高等法院案，迫使纽波特市议会（Newport Council）允许他为硬盘驾驶，他说的是其中包含比特币。

The council has since announced plans to close and cap the site, which would almost certainly spell the end of any lingering hopes of reaching the bitcoins. The authority has secured planning permission for a solar farm on part of the former landfill.

此后，该委员会宣布了关闭和限制该网站的计划，这几乎可以肯定会终结任何挥之不去的希望到达比特币的希望。当局已获得了前垃圾填埋场的太阳能农场的计划许可。

Howells said on Monday it had been “quite a surprise” to hear of the closure plan.

豪威尔斯周一说，听到封闭计划真是令人惊讶。

“It [the council] claimed at the high court that closing the landfill to allow me to search would have a huge detrimental impact on the people of Newport, whilst at the same time they were planning to close the landfill anyway,” he said.

他说：“该理事会在高等法院声称，关闭垃圾填埋场允许我搜查将对纽波特人民产生巨大的有害影响，而他们无论如何都计划关闭垃圾填埋场。”

“I expected it would be closed in the coming years because it’s 80/90% full – but didn’t expect its closure so soon. If Newport city council would be willing, I would potentially be interested in purchasing the landfill site ‘as is’ and have discussed this option with investment partners and it is something that is very much on the table.”

“我希望它会在未来几年内关闭，因为它已经满80/90％，但没想到它很快就会关闭。如果纽波特市议会愿意，我可能有兴趣“按原样”购买垃圾填埋场网站，并已与投资伙伴讨论了这种选择，这是很大程度上的。”

When he appeared at Cardiff civil justice centre, represented by lawyers working pro bono, Howells described how in the summer of 2013 he accidentally put the hard drive containing his bitcoin wallet in a black bag during an office sort-out and left it in the hall of his house.

当他出现在加的夫民事司法中心（Cardiff Civer Justice Center）以无偿工作的律师为代表的加的夫民用中心（Cardiff Civer Privity Center）时，豪威尔斯（Howells）描述了2013年夏天，他如何在办公室进行整理过程中不小心将装有他的比特币钱包的硬盘放在黑色袋中他的房子。

His then partner is said to have mistaken the bag for rubbish and taken it with her on a trip to the dump, where it has been lost.

据说他当时的伴侣将袋子误认为是垃圾，然后将其带到她去垃圾场的旅行中。

Howells quickly realised the mistake and ever since has been asking the council to help him retrieve the hard drive, even offering to share the money with the authority, to no avail.

豪威尔斯很快就意识到了这个错误，此后一直要求安理会帮助他取回硬盘，甚至愿意与当局分享这笔钱，无济于事。

The council has resisted Howells’ attempts to allow him to search, insisting that the hard drive had become its property when it entered the landfill site.

理事会拒绝豪威尔斯（Howells）试图允许他进行搜索，并坚持认为，在进入垃圾填埋场现场时，硬盘驱动器已成为其财产。

Sitting as a high court judge, Judge Keyser KC said in January that he accepted the council’s argument that Howells was not entitled to try to retrieve it.

Keyser KC法官在高等法院担任高等法院法官说，他接受了理事会的论点，即Howells无权试图检索它。

Newport city council declined to comment.

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