Join us to read this sad story: James Howells had a hard drive with about 8 thousand Bitcoin, the current equivalent of more than 170 million dollars. But, for an unknown reason, she threw it away. Today he wants to recover it, and for this he would use two robot dogs.
But the City Council of Newport, in the United States, would not allow it, arguing environmental risks.
In an interview with Business Insider, Howells explains that he has a plan to buy two robot dogs from Boston Dynamics. These cybernetic animals can be programmed to track, so they constitute a very important support in locating the hard drive.
The robot dogs will be used to explore the dump, looking for the hard drive
Each robot dog costs $74,000, and is equipped with CCTV cameras and scanners, in this case to explore the Newport dump.
Boston Dynamics created the robot dog Spot to monitor hard-to-reach places, using cameras and audio. The New York Police used it in order to fight crime, but he withdrew from his services due to accusations of stigmatizing social groups in the city.
This type of dog also works for surveillance of archaeological zones in Italy.
Anecdotally, Howell will call them Satoshi and Hall: Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonym of the person (or people) who created Bitcoin, while Hal Finney was the first recipient of a Bitcoin transaction.
Newport City Council Says “No” to Plans to Recover Bitcoin Treasure
But everything remains frozen, and it is that the City of Newport, for environmental reasons, forbids you from exploring in the dump. Since 2013, the agency has denied Howells access.
“Your proposals pose a significant ecological risk that we cannot accept. In fact, our powers prevent us from considering it”, emphasize the local authorities.
for this friday, the price of Bitcoin is at 23,950 dollars, after several months of abrupt decline in the market. Its stability was affected by inflation in the United States and government measures to curb it.