I-Briton yaphosa kwi-landfill 80 yezigidi zeedola

Kunzima ukuyichaza imeko ye-comic eyenzeke ngoJuni 2017 yonyaka eNgilani. U-Briton James Howell ubanga ukuba, ngenxa yokungakhathali kwakhe, waphosa i-hard drive kwi-landfill, apho kwakugcinwe khona ifayile ene-bitcoins. Ngokomhlali wase-foggy Albion, kunyaka we-2013, xa wayenyusa, wayilahla ngaphandle i-HDD apho kukho ifayile kwi-7500 bitcoins. Ngenxa yokuba ixabiso le-cryptocurrency lidlule uphawu lweedola ze-10600, akukho nzima ukubala ukuba umntu osweleyo oswelekileyo uzityeshele kubomi obutofotofo.

Ingxelo yemithombo yeendaba yase-Bhritane ibangele isandi kuluntu kwaye, njengoko kwavela, baninzi abalahlekileyo emhlabeni. Ke umhlali waseOstreliya ekuqaleni kuka-2017 wayisusa idrive, eyayinolwazi malunga ne-1400 bitcoins. Kukho amabali amaninzi malunga nokulahleka kwemali yedijithali kwinethiwekhi, nangona kunjalo, ngokweengcali, abasifumani isiqinisekiso esisemthethweni.

Ngokuphathelele umhlali waseNgilani, ingxaki yakhe ebonakala ngathi ingenakuconjululwa ayinakwenzeka ukuba incede umniniyo afumane iitcoins ezilahlekileyo. Ukufika kokufika komhlaba kunye nokuthetha nabasebenzi, uJames Howell wafumanisa ukuba imvume kwabasemagunyeni eWales iyafuneka ukukhangela idrive. Nangona kunjalo, akuvumelekanga ukuhamba ujikeleze umhlaba kwaye kuyakufuneka uqeshe abasebenzi, ukuba bahlawulwe, abaya kuthi babe kwizigidi, ngokuxhomekeka kwinto yokuba umhlaba ungakanani omkhulu kunendawo yebhola. Ihlala inqwenelela amathamsanqa kwi-Bhritane ethembekileyo.