Man who threw away $500M Bitcoin hard drive sues city for right to search landfill

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Man who threw away $500M Bitcoin hard drive sues city for right to search landfill
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What does "let him try and find the hard drive" really mean? Does he just want access to the landfill or is he expecting some kind of cooperation with the workers? How disruptive is he going to be?

Very disruptive. Landfills typically bury the day's trash at the end of the day and it's just layers and layers of garbage, like lasagna. You might be able to work on Monday's trash slice, but by the time Thursday rolls around, it's time to add a layer on top of Monday.

Digging could interrupt the entire landfill process if it's still an active landfill, meaning the daily garbage has to be redirected elsewhere, because landfills aren't just a hole in the ground, they are a feat of engineering.

Landfill video

He can't get the money to find it so he is suing the city to take the risk.

If he prepaid the $50 million to excavate, sort, and rebuild the landfill, there would be no problem.