In a tale that seems stranger than fiction, a man's 12-year quest to recover a lost fortune in Bitcoin has come to an abrupt end. James Howells, a British IT worker, has been forced to abandon his search for a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoins, worth an astonishing $800 million…
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. 💀