@sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 4 months agoBitcoin man sues Newport council over '£600m fortune lost in tip' - BBC Newswww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkBitcoin man sues Newport council over '£600m fortune lost in tip' - BBC Newswww.bbc.co.uk@sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-square@podperson@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•4 months 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-squareHandleslinkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months ago Bitcoin man Florida man Piltdown man It’s an ongoing cycle…
minus-square@podperson@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•4 months 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-squareHandleslinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months 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…