Man who threw away Bitcoin fortune says it’s now worth $632,000,000 after decade-long battle to retrieve it

James Howells has been locked in a decade-long battle to try and retrieve a hard drive with 8,000 Bitcoins on

Poppy Bilderbeck

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Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

Man who threw away Bitcoin fortune says it’s now worth $632,000,000 after decade-long battle to retrieve it

James Howells has been locked in a decade-long battle to try and retrieve a hard drive with 8,000 Bitcoins on

Man who threw away Bitcoin fortune says it’s now worth $632,000,000 after decade-long battle to retrieve it

James Howells has been locked in a decade-long battle to try and retrieve a hard drive with 8,000 Bitcoins on

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