Imagine losing 8,000 Bitcoins! That's like losing a LOT of money. A man in Wales accidentally threw away a hard drive with all those Bitcoins in a landfill. Now, that landfill is going to become a solar farm! But the man wants to buy the landfill to try and find his lost Bitcoins.
- A man lost 8,000 Bitcoins (digital money) on a hard drive.
- He threw the hard drive away in a landfill.
- The landfill is becoming a solar farm to make clean energy.
- The man wants to buy the landfill to recover his Bitcoins.
Fact | Number/Info |
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Number of lost Bitcoins | 8,000 |
Approximate value (today) | Over $780 million |
Man's potential cost to buy landfill | More than $13 million |
Time to excavate landfill | Up to 36 months |