A man has accidentally thrown away £4 million (N860m) of virtual money after throwing out his computer hard drive.
James Howells chucked out a hard drive containing 7,500 Bitcoins - an online virtual currency - and a cryptographic 'private key' which he required to access and spend the fortune, but it is now lying on a landfill site.
The IT worker purchased the Bitcoins in 2009 but in 2010 he spilt a drink over his computer and decided to dismantle it.
He opted to keep some parts, including the hard drive, which he stored in a drawer, but forgot about it until he cleared out his drawer earlier this summer.
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