Bitcoins lost in land fill in UK questions

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I don't believe they actually exist and it's a scam to get money from investors on the promise of x% of the bitcoins once found…which they never will.

He's now trying to buy the landfill via investors. I believe if he managed that he'd fail to find his imaginary hard drive and then sell the land for profit. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj3eg3n11gvo

I can't believe anyone would be looking after £100,000 worth of bitcoin so badly at the time it was lost.

Best on what he says, there should be info on the blockchain of a wallet holding 8000+ bitcoins untouched since 2013. I doubt there are too many wallets of that size. (maybe I'm wrong) Surely that wallet could be found on the blockchain to prove that they exist?

Have his bitcoins ever been located on the blockchain or am I not understanding exactly how this could be searched?

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### 英国垃圾填埋场的比特币之谜:真相或骗局?

近年来,关于比特币的讨论依旧热烈,尤其是在某些失踪比特币的报道中引发的公众关注。其中,英国一位名为James Howells的男子声称在2013年不小心将价值约7000万英镑的比特币硬盘丢弃在一个垃圾填埋场内。尽管这一事件引发了大量媒体的报道,但其真实性和合理性却引起了许多人的质疑。

在这一背景下,我们不禁要问:这些比特币真的存在吗?还是这只是一个投资骗局,企图通过虚假的承诺从投资者那里获得资金?Howells现在正试图通过吸引投资者的方式购买这一垃圾填埋场,以“寻找”丢失的硬盘。如果他真的成功获得土地,若没有找到硬盘,最终可能会将土地转手以获利。这种情境让人不禁怀疑其动机。

值得注意的是,当初丢失这些比特币的时候,Howells声称自己并未妥善保管这些价值数十万英镑的加密货币。这不仅让人感到难以置信,也引发了更多对其真实性的质疑。如果这些比特币确实存在,并且至今都未被动用,那么应该在区块链上有明显的记录。根据Howells的说法,他所提到的那笔超过8000个比特币的钱包,自2013年以来从未被动用过。但这一条件是否支持他的论点?众所周知,区块链具有不可篡改的性质,理论上我们应该能够追踪到任何一笔交易。

对于这笔比特币的确切位置,依然没有任何明确的区块链记录。如果这些比特币的确存在,那么它们应该在区块链中有着清晰的轨迹,然而迄今为止,并没有找到相关的证据。这种情况下,公众的疑虑进一步加深。投资者是否应该根据一个人声称的失踪硬盘而进行投资?还是说,我们应该保持理性,避免被看似诱人的承诺所迷惑?

总的来说,尽管Howells的故事吸引了广泛的关注,但我们在面对这样的事件时应保持审慎的态度。无论是个人投资还是公共资金,基于真实、可验证的信息进行决策至关重要。在这种情况下,我们更应该重视区块链技术所能提供的透明性,而不是盲目追随充满不确定性的故事。