If he had just bought more Bitcoin right then instead of spending all the time and money fighting this then he’d probably be wealthy now.
It’s heartbreaking from a psychological perspective. He felt like those coins were in his grasp, and every month he spent on this search was the one he’d find it. So he kept doubling down. 💀
12 Years Ago:
“What are you guys all doing?”, “Looking for millions stored on a hard drive.”
Grabs metal detector, finds hard drive, wonders if should tell anyone…
Metal detector enthusiast who found a hard drive in the landfill 12 years ago:
“Yeah, I should get around to seeing what’s on that.”
Lmao and lol. I’ll never not laugh at this clown.
Why?
Because crypto is for clowns and this is exactly why. Fuck around, find out.
It is worth the try. That is a generational wealth.
It’s also a futile attempt. In the off chance they even find it, that hard drive would be toast by then. In a landfill, that hard drive would prob be shattered and in pieces, not to mention probably corroded and unreadable.
Shattered? Very unlikely. Corroded? Maybe, but probably not since hard drives are well sealed.
They would just need a section of the platter to be readable, they area with the sector that has the data they need. Even if the platter was shattered it would be possible to read the block you need.
The chances are low but the reward is worth the effort.
Hard drives, except for helium-filled ones, actually have an air hole in them with a filter attached to it so they can keep enough air in the drive so the heads can properly fly over the disk surface. Completely possible that moisture ingress would be an issue after years of sitting in a landfill in who knows what. It is a darn tiny hole though.
Yea but only one way to find out. Making massive assumptions when 700 mill is on the line seems dumb. Never give up.
Oh yeah, I’d still try too. Once rescued a phone from a saltwater beach. It sat there buried for 6 months ish in saltwater. Was able to extract all the data from the MicroSD card and find the owner to give them their lost pictures and such. Would still try, despite knowing the science.
Unrelated, f cell manufacturers for removing MicroSD card slots.
Well sure if it started off as bread
