Bitcoiner to search for 8,000 lost BTC with robots
Since realizing his error, Howells has petitioned the Newport City Council to allow him to retrieve the hard drive from the landfill, which is expected to hold 110,000 tons of waste. The initiative to unearth the waste is said to have received up to $11 million in venture capital funding. The two investors who have offered the funds, Hanspeter Jaberg and Karl Wendeborn, would not release them until Howells obtains City Council consent to dig up the property. “Its obviously a needle in a haystack, and its a very, very high-risk investment,” Jaberg added, and Howells acknowledged that he has not yet signed any definitive agreement with the backers. Howells has been on the City Councils tail to dig the site, but his request has been met with a succession of denials. The Council officials justify their stance by claiming that the excavation will pose ecological concerns, which Howells claims he and his team will work hard to mitigate. In addition to himself, Howells will sort through the waste with the assistance of human sorters, robot dogs, and an AI-powered scanner that resembles a conveyor belt. The team will also include data analysts. If the harddrive is located and the funds in it are recovered,