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Man who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the site (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 17 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

a surprising ammount data can be gotten off surprisingly damaged drives, there is always the possibility, thats why it took a delte/write/delete/write process, a rare earth magnet, 3 guys, a sledge hammer, and a industrial shredder to throw away a hard drive in the army.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

Even trying to recovery half a private key seems like it would be quit a challenge?