在量子计算机上恢复丢失的比特币财富的竞赛

在2013年夏季，豪威尔斯先生错误地扔掉了一个加密的硬盘驱动器，该驱动器的钥匙是他的8,000比特币

A Welsh man's bid to dig up a landfill to find a hard drive containing bitcoins worth hundreds of millions of dollars has taken a new twist as he explores buying the site to continue his search.

威尔士男子的竞标是要挖掘垃圾填埋场，以找到一个装有价值数亿美元的比特币的硬盘驱动器，他探索了购买该网站以继续搜索的新转折。

James Howells, from Newport, South Wales, said he accidentally threw away the hard drive in 2013 and has been trying to get permission to excavate the site ever since.

来自南威尔士纽波特的詹姆斯·豪威尔斯（James Howells）说，他在2013年不小心抛弃了这一硬盘，并一直试图获得批准来挖掘该网站。

The former IT worker said he had an agreement with his former girlfriend at the time to take out the rubbish, and she took the drive to a local council waste disposal facility, from which it eventually ended up in a landfill in Newport.

这位前IT工人说，他当时与他的前女友达成了一项协议，以拿出垃圾，然后她驱车前往地方议会废物处理设施，最终最终在纽波特的垃圾填埋场中。

Upon realizing his blunder, he sought funding and assembled a team of experts to excavate the site, even offering to give the city 30% of the coin’s value (at that time around $70 million) in exchange for permission to dig.

意识到自己的失误后，他寻求资金，并组建了一支专家团队来挖掘该地点，甚至提出要给该市30％的城市价值（当时约7000万美元），以换取许可挖掘。

However, the city has denied him permission, stating that excavating the site could release harmful substances, posing “potentially serious risks” to public health and the environment.

但是，该市否认了他的许可，并指出该地点可能会释放有害物质，从而对公共卫生和环境构成“潜在的严重风险”。

Now, Howells is exploring the option of purchasing the landfill site, which is set to be closed and converted into a solar farm, to continue his search.

现在，豪威尔斯（Howells）正在探索购买垃圾填埋场的选择，该垃圾填埋场将被关闭并转换为太阳能农场，以继续搜索。

"The council has said no and that's that, they won't budge on it. I've had to pivot and come up with another plan, which is to buy the site ourselves and get on with it that way," Howells told the BBC.

“理事会说不，就是这样，他们不会对此感到不安。我不得不关键并提出另一个计划，那就是自己购买该网站并以这种方式继续前进。”英国广播公司

"We're in talks with the administrators at the moment and we're hoping to get it over the line in the next few weeks."

“目前，我们正在与管理员进行对话，我们希望在接下来的几周内将其延续。”

He said he believes he can narrow down the search area to around 10,000-15,000 tons of waste out of the 350,000 tons in the landfill.

他说，他认为他可以将搜索区域缩小到垃圾填埋场350,000吨的浪费约10,000-15,000吨。

"We're going to be able to get down to a fine level of detail in terms of where the hard drive is," he said.

他说：“就硬盘驱动器所在的位置而言，我们将能够达到一个很好的细节。”

"We're going to be able to get within a cubic meter of where it is, which will make the search a lot easier."

“我们将能够在其位置的立方米内获得，这将使搜索变得更加容易。”

Howells said he had hoped to get permission from the council to start digging by March, but that plan has now been scrapped.

豪威尔斯说，他曾希望获得理事会的许可，以便在三月之前开始挖掘，但是现在已经取消了该计划。

"We were hoping to get started by March, but that's not going to happen now," he said.

他说：“我们希望能在三月开始，但这不会发生。”

"We're still hoping to get started this year, but it depends on how quickly we can get the deal done to buy the site."

“我们仍然希望在今年开始，但这取决于我们能迅速完成该网站的交易。”

He said he had also received interest from other parties who wanted to join the search.

他说，他还收到了想加入搜索的其他各方的兴趣。

"We've had a lot of interest from people who want to get involved in the search," he said.

他说：“我们想参与搜索的人们感兴趣。”

"There's a group of volunteers who are keen to help out and we're also talking to some salvage companies who could potentially be involved."

“有一群热衷于提供帮助的志愿者，我们也与一些有可能参与的救助公司交谈。”

Howells said he was confident that the hard drive was still intact and that he would be able to recover the bitcoins.

豪威尔斯说，他有信心硬盘仍然完好无损，并且他将能够恢复比特币。

"I'm sure the hard drive is still there and I'm confident that we'll be able to find it," he said.

他说：“我确定硬盘驱动器仍然存在，我有信心我们能够找到它。”

"It's going to be a lot of work, but it's definitely possible."

“这将是很多工作，但绝对有可能。”