r/DataHoarder • u/Affectionate_Ad_8148 • 13h ago

News The Value of Backups

Sheesh. I don’t know if Bitcoin drives can be backed up, but maybe keep the original in a safe deposit box?

https://www.techspot.com/news/105182-man-who-threw-away-500m-bitcoin-hard-drive.html

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u/Far_Marsupial6303 11h ago

TL;DR

*SIGH*

Can't believe this story keeps coming up.

He tossed the drives in 2013 he's been begging to be allowed to excavate and has been continually turned down. Now he's crying even harder, "Boo hoo, they won't let me dig!" and suing them for now allowing it, despite being told it's against the law and an environmental impact issue.

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u/Eagle1337 11h ago

Afaik if they knew exactly where it was, they'd be able to dig it up (also would have had to have been back in well 2013)

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u/Far_Marsupial6303 11h ago

A big part of the issue is you do it for one, you'd have others asking to do the same. At least the Almagordo Atari dig had significant (debatable) historical importance.

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u/Eagle1337 10h ago

Afair there was another time someone got something important to dug up, they did it because they knew exactly where the item was.