Bitcoin man sues Newport council over '£600m fortune lost in tip' - BBC Newswww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkcross-posted to: casualuk@feddit.uk sabreW4K3 ( @sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ) TechnologyEnglish • 14 days ago message-square15fedilinkarrow-up116
arrow-up116external-linkBitcoin man sues Newport council over '£600m fortune lost in tip' - BBC Newswww.bbc.co.uk sabreW4K3 ( @sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ) TechnologyEnglish • 14 days ago message-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: casualuk@feddit.uk
minus-square Handles ( @halm@leminal.space ) linkfedilinkEnglish13•13 days ago“Bitcoin man” is the new “Florida man”.
minus-square podperson ( @podperson@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink2•13 days agoDamn, beat me to it. I would bet 10,500 buttcoins that at least 75% of people who see that headline immediately thought the same thing too.
minus-square Handles ( @halm@leminal.space ) linkfedilinkEnglish5•13 days ago Bitcoin man Florida man Piltdown man It’s an ongoing cycle…
minus-square podperson ( @podperson@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink1•13 days agoI think the greatest ending to this story would be if an employee at that landfill found it (either by digging for it on their lunch breaks or just random chance) and was able to use it.
minus-square Handles ( @halm@leminal.space ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•13 days agoBy now it’s probably a really smelly paperweight, and Bitcoin Man would be bugging them endlessly even to regain ownership over that 🤷 I think we’re living the best ending where it’s never going to be recovered, and this dude is flailing ever more futilely at courts…
“Bitcoin man” is the new “Florida man”.
Damn, beat me to it. I would bet 10,500 buttcoins that at least 75% of people who see that headline immediately thought the same thing too.
It’s an ongoing cycle…
I think the greatest ending to this story would be if an employee at that landfill found it (either by digging for it on their lunch breaks or just random chance) and was able to use it.
By now it’s probably a really smelly paperweight, and Bitcoin Man would be bugging them endlessly even to regain ownership over that 🤷
I think we’re living the best ending where it’s never going to be recovered, and this dude is flailing ever more futilely at courts…