Hard drive containing Bitcoins worth £4m lost in Newport landfill site http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/27/hard-drive-bitcoin-landfill-site … Great exclusive by @alexhern.
@charlesarthur They were worth £500k at the time he mined them, and he still didn't think to take care with the hard disk?
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@bazzacollins no, they were worth that when he threw it away. When he mined them they were worth noodle. -
@charlesarthur OK. Was confused by the line: "At the time, the 7,500 Bitcoins on the hard-drive were worth around £500,000." -
@bazzacollins as explained. -
@charlesarthur Yep. Although I'd argue it reads as if they were worth £500k at the point he created them. -
@bazzacollins we'd argue not, because it's in a sentence about when he threw it, but will tweak. Or twerk. -
@charlesarthur No twerking, please. We're British. - End of conversation
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@bazzacollins see, he'd forgotten they were on there. Else he wouldn't have binned it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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