Man makes last-ditch effort to recover $280 million in bitcoin he accidentally threw out By Gerry W. Beyer on February 26, 2021 Email this postTweet this postLike this postShare this post on LinkedIn James Howells, a 35-year-old IT engineer from Wales accidentally threw out a hard drive that had 7,500 bitcoins, which is worth about $280 million at today’s prices. Howells said he had two identical laptop hard drives and he accidentally threw…