So it's official, James Howells is throwing in the towel after 12 years. The guy really tried everything to recover his hard drive with 8,000 BTC in Newport... it's a crazy story. In 2013, he accidentally threw it away during a normal cleanup, and today we're talking about more than 500 million dollars. The crazy thing is that the city council has always refused to help him despite his completely wild plans with AI and robots. James Howells really didn't give up for a decade, with eco-friendly proposals, private funding, nothing worked. Now he says he's done everything he could and it's over. Honestly, it's a brutal reminder of crypto – a false move and it's gone forever. Private keys are really serious, lose them and you've lost your money permanently. James Howells' story will probably remain the craziest accidental loss in crypto history.