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The James Howells Saga: Sorry, But I'm Not Buying It Let's catch up on the latest from James Howells — the Welsh IT engineer who has spent the better part of a decade insisting that nearly a billion dollars in Bitcoin is buried under a landfill in Newport , Wales . Because somehow, impossibly, this story keeps getting stranger. Here's the condensed version: Back in 2013, Howells claims he accidentally threw away a hard drive containing the private keys to 8,000 Bitcoins. At the time, that was worth a few thousand pounds. Today, those digital assets would be worth somewhere north of $900 million. Over the years, he made several attempts to negotiate with Newport City Council , including public proposals, legal action, and a formal offer of assuming $30 million in liabilities. In January 2025, a High Court judge dismissed his lawsuit, saying it had, "no realistic prospect of succeeding." So what's the latest twist? Rather than accepting defea...