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For anyone else who's been vaguely following the story as it popped up every few years, the latest news came out a few days ago : he finally gave up.

xdfgh1112 1y ago
Source? https://x.com/howelzy https://x.com/howelzy
- volfonibros 1y ago
  I went back to the (french) articles making that claim in headlines and it turns out to be false, thanks. He lost his appeal in his case against the city authority to search the landfill, so he can't ever search for it. It's a bit buried in his feed in between the announcements about tokenizing part of these legally inaccessible coins.
nixass 1y ago
> he finally gave up Sounds like something someone who found few billion USD on a thumb drive would say :)
- stavros 1y ago
  I wouldn't say anything.
- hinkley 1y ago
  Has he opened a bar instead?
  - volemo 1y ago
    He named it Puzzles.
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nothrabannosir 1y ago
That’s definitely also what I would publicize if I actually found the HDD. :)
- rtkwe 1y ago
  He lost his court battle to force the local government running the dump to allow him to dig the last I heard. So I doubt it, he wasn't even allowed to really try.
- londons_explore 1y ago
  Good chance those coins are 100% traceable. They were lost in the days before good privacy tools like mixers, and the database of the biggest exchange MtGox was fully leaked so everyone knows the real name, email, bank details, and date of birth of the owner of every old coin. Very pleased I disposed of all mine long ago, and the Blockchain shows that so nobody tries to kidnap me for the keys.
  - b112 1y ago
    In the early days, a pentium 486 in your garage could have made these coins in a few months. And you don't need an exchange to transfer coins. No one knows who owns these wallets... yet. That's why they are mysterious.
    - londons_explore 1y ago
      Plenty of address reuse happened back then
  - improbableinf 1y ago
    That’s what someone who hasn’t disposed all of the coins would say.

xdfgh1112 1y ago

Source? https://x.com/howelzy https://x.com/howelzy

volfonibros 1y ago
I went back to the (french) articles making that claim in headlines and it turns out to be false, thanks. He lost his appeal in his case against the city authority to search the landfill, so he can't ever search for it. It's a bit buried in his feed in between the announcements about tokenizing part of these legally inaccessible coins.

nixass 1y ago

> he finally gave up Sounds like something someone who found few billion USD on a thumb drive would say :)

stavros 1y ago
I wouldn't say anything.
hinkley 1y ago
Has he opened a bar instead?
- volemo 1y ago
  He named it Puzzles.

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nothrabannosir 1y ago

That’s definitely also what I would publicize if I actually found the HDD. :)

rtkwe 1y ago
He lost his court battle to force the local government running the dump to allow him to dig the last I heard. So I doubt it, he wasn't even allowed to really try.
londons_explore 1y ago
Good chance those coins are 100% traceable. They were lost in the days before good privacy tools like mixers, and the database of the biggest exchange MtGox was fully leaked so everyone knows the real name, email, bank details, and date of birth of the owner of every old coin. Very pleased I disposed of all mine long ago, and the Blockchain shows that so nobody tries to kidnap me for the keys.
- b112 1y ago
  In the early days, a pentium 486 in your garage could have made these coins in a few months. And you don't need an exchange to transfer coins. No one knows who owns these wallets... yet. That's why they are mysterious.
  - londons_explore 1y ago
    Plenty of address reuse happened back then
- improbableinf 1y ago
  That’s what someone who hasn’t disposed all of the coins would say.