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据报道,来自威尔士纽波特的 IT 工程师 James Howells 在经过十多年努力找回包含 7,500 枚比特币的硬盘后,对纽波特市议会提起诉讼
An IT engineer from Newport, Wales, has filed a lawsuit against Newport City Council after a decade-long effort to recover a hard drive containing 7,500 bitcoins, now valued at over $470 million, was thwarted by the council.
威尔士纽波特市的一名 IT 工程师对纽波特市议会提起诉讼,此前该市议会花了十年时间试图收回包含 7,500 个比特币(目前价值超过 4.7 亿美元)的硬盘,但遭到市议会的阻挠。
According to a report by Walesonline on Monday, James Howells, the plaintiff in the case, lost access to his bitcoins after the hard drive was mistakenly dumped at a recycling center in 2013. He claims that the council has “largely ignored” his repeated requests to excavate the landfill where the hard drive is believed to be buried.
据 Walesonline 周一报道,该案原告 James Howells 在 2013 年硬盘被错误地扔到回收中心后失去了他的比特币。他声称委员会“很大程度上忽视了”他一再提出的要求挖掘据信埋藏硬盘的垃圾填埋场。
The hard drive was reportedly disposed of after a miscommunication with Howells’ then-partner, who mistook it for household waste and discarded it in a bin bag. At the time, the bitcoins were valued at less than £1 million, but their price has since soared.
据报道,该硬盘在与豪厄尔斯当时的合作伙伴沟通不畅后被处理掉,后者误将其视为家庭垃圾,并将其丢弃在垃圾袋中。当时,比特币的价值还不到 100 万英镑,但此后价格一路飙升。
Howells, who has assembled a team of experts for the £10 million ($12.7 million) excavation, insists it would be done at no cost to the council. He has also offered the council 10% of the recovered bitcoin’s value, stating: “I’m still allocating 10% of the value for the council even though they have been problematic throughout.”
豪厄尔斯为这次耗资1000万英镑(合1270万美元)的发掘组建了一个专家团队,他坚称这项工作不会给市议会带来任何费用。他还向该委员会提供了回收比特币价值的 10%,并表示:“尽管他们自始至终都存在问题,但我仍然为该委员会分配了 10% 的价值。”
The bitcoin enthusiast added:
这位比特币爱好者补充道:
That would be £41m based on today’s rate but in the future it could be hundreds of millions. If they had spoken to me in 2013, this place would look like Las Vegas now. Newport would look like Dubai. That’s the kind of opportunity they’ve missed.
按照今天的汇率计算,这将是 4100 万英镑,但未来可能会达到数亿英镑。如果他们在 2013 年跟我说话,这个地方就会像现在的拉斯维加斯。纽波特看起来就像迪拜。这就是他们错过的机会。
The dispute traces back to 2013 when a miscommunication with his then-partner led to the hard drive being accidentally thrown away. The bitcoins, worth less than £1 million at the time, have since skyrocketed in value. Howells recalled the mix-up, stating that his partner had initially refused to dispose of the bin bag. He was “not overly concerned” at the time, as he had planned to double-check whether he had placed the correct hard drive in the bin bag. However, when he woke at 9 a.m., his partner had already returned from the school run and taken the bin bag away.
这场纠纷可以追溯到2013年,当时他与当时的合作伙伴沟通不畅,导致硬盘被意外扔掉。这些比特币当时价值不到 100 万英镑,但此后价值飙升。豪厄尔斯回忆起当时的混乱情况,并表示他的搭档最初拒绝处理垃圾袋。当时他“并不太担心”,因为他计划仔细检查是否将正确的硬盘放入垃圾袋中。然而,当他早上9点醒来时,他的伙伴已经从学校跑步回来,并把垃圾袋拿走了。
Since then, Howells has devoted himself full-time to recovering it, giving up his IT job and securing investors to help fund the operation. He now believes there is an 80% chance that the data on the hard drive can be recovered if located. He opined:
从那时起,豪厄尔斯就放弃了 IT 工作,全身心投入到恢复工作中,并争取投资者为运营提供资金。他现在相信,如果找到硬盘上的数据,有 80% 的机会可以恢复。他认为:
It is what it is. I could spend the rest of my life working nine-to-five and thinking about it every day. I might as well spend my time trying to recover this simple piece of metal. Until the courts tells me ‘N-O spells no’, I’m going to keep going.
就是这样。我可以在我的余生中朝九晚五地工作,每天都在思考这个问题。我还不如花时间尝试恢复这块简单的金属。在法庭告诉我“不就是不”之前,我将继续前进。
“Obviously my finances are not in the best position at the moment. I’m focusing all my current efforts and resources, including money, on the recovery project. I struggle along in the meantime,” he added.
“显然我的财务状况目前并不处于最佳状态。我将把目前所有的努力和资源(包括资金)集中在恢复项目上。在此期间我一直在挣扎,”他补充道。
Despite his persistence, Newport City Council has repeatedly rejected Howells’ pleas, citing environmental concerns. Howells’ team of experts, including the council’s former head of landfill, claims they can safely excavate the site using artificial intelligence.
尽管豪厄尔斯坚持不懈,纽波特市议会还是以环境问题为由多次拒绝了豪厄尔斯的请求。豪厄尔斯的专家团队,包括该委员会前垃圾填埋场负责人,声称他们可以使用人工智能安全地挖掘该场地。
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