8,000 bitcoins on a hard drive buried under tons of junk are now said to be found with robotic dogs.
The legendary Amber Room is at the top of the list of the most valuable treasures. Followed by sunken Spanish galleys stuffed to the deck with gold and silver. However, one of the greatest treasures in the world does not come from past centuries, but from this millennium. And it’s not on the bottom of the sea either, but on a rubbish dump. What is the treasure worth 182 million dollars about?
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In 2013, Brit James Howells accidentally dumped a hard drive with 8,000 bitcoins on it. He had already calculated this in 2009, at that time still on the notebook. When this no longer met his requirements, it ended up in a garbage dump in Newport, Wales, together with the valuable contents.
Shortly after Howells had disposed of the hard drive, however, he noticed the serious error and went on a search. Because in 2013, the 8,000 bitcoins were worth 5.5 million dollars. Nine years later, however, the value has multiplied. Reason enough to start looking for the lost treasure again The Guardian reported.
This time, however, Howells has strong reinforcements: A specialist in artificial intelligence, including robotic dogs, is to make a decisive contribution to the treasure hunt. The mechanical four-legged friends should use machine learning to optimize the search for the data carrier.
Howells estimates the project will take approximately 12 months. Provided the relevant authorities approve it. That’s still up in the air. It is also unclear whether the data on the hard drive can still be read at all. After all these years, the disk could be too badly damaged or the corresponding sectors on it too badly damaged.
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With a current value (as of August 4, 2022) 182 million dollars, the hard drive is not only one of the most valuable treasures in the world. It might even be the most precious treasure ever.
The legendary Amber Room is considered to be the most valuable treasure (so far). It was installed in the Berlin Palace between 1701 and 1712 by the baroque master builder Johann Friedrich Eosander. However, King Friedrich Wilhelm I exchanged the amber and gold walls with the Russian Tsar Peter I for particularly tall soldiers. Centuries later, the Wehrmacht captured the Amber Room and brought it to Königsberg Castle. When defeat in World War II loomed, it was outsourced and lost in the process. Its value is estimated at 130 to 450 million dollars.
