According to Straitstimes, British man James Howells is considering buying the landfill where he lost his bitcoin hard drive, continuing his search for $1 billion in lost bitcoin. A significant other, James Howells, mistakenly disposed of a hard drive containing 8,000 bitcoins as garbage in 2013. He has tried to sue the city council, which recently announced the closure of the landfill and the conversion of part of the land into a solar power plant, to seek or receive £495 million in compensation.