扔掉 7 亿美元财富的人

威尔士纽波特的詹姆斯·豪厄尔斯 (James Howells) 发现自己正陷入绝望的挣扎之中，想要追回目前价值超过 5.69 亿英镑的数字财富。

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).

一名威尔士男子因获取目前价值超过 5.69 亿英镑（7.43 亿美元）的数字财富而与当地议会陷入法律纠纷。

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.

来自威尔士纽波特的 James Howells 在 2009 年加密货币繁荣的早期阶段开采了 8,000 个比特币，但在 2013 年他的合作伙伴错误地扔掉了一个硬盘后，他失去了对数字钱包的访问权限。

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.

硬盘驱动器包含访问比特币所需的私钥，当他开采比特币时，每枚比特币价值几英镑，现在每枚比特币价值数万英镑。该驱动器在一次清理过程中被无意中扔掉，最终被扔进了城市垃圾填埋场，这个错误可能会让豪厄尔斯和他的家人损失一大笔钱。

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.

现在，随着比特币价值飙升，豪厄尔斯正在对纽波特市议会采取法律行动，因为纽波特市议会多次否认挖掘他认为自己的硬盘所在的垃圾填埋场。

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

该委员会以环境问题和垃圾填埋场挖掘方面的监管限制为由，拒绝了他的要求。

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.

豪厄尔斯的最后希望寄托在卡迪夫商业法庭的一场法律诉讼上，他的律师将提出论据，以说服法官对他有利。

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，豪厄尔斯将获得组织对垃圾填埋场进行挖掘的法律授权，这一过程可能需要几个月的时间，并涉及先进的筛选技术来定位硬盘，而不会对环境造成进一步的破坏。