With the approval of Bitcoin ETFs, it's widely anticipated that Bitcoin's price will soar past $100k. I feel compelled to capitalize on this opportunity immediately. I'm eager to invest my $500k in cash savings, which are currently losing value due to inflation. However, I'm concerned: is it too late to maximize profits at this point?

Richard does stuff like this so well. Glad the team are going into different areas and doing new stuff, better than most stuff on TV atm.👍

I threw away $10 accidentally once and that still bothers me

This story has been told over and over, but never has anyone done so in such great detail or actually involved the guy in question. My respect to Richard Hammond and everyone else who was involved in the making of this video!

Best of luck to him tbh, sounds like he's got a solid plan and it's in the interest of a lot of people that he succeeds now.

If perseverance was a person, it would be this guy

It's like searching for a ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶l̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶a̶ ̶h̶a̶y̶s̶t̶a̶c̶k̶ harddrive in a landfill.

I was homeless.....now ima truckdriver my life wont ever make THAT much money but pulling yourself up is a genuine feeling

Richard is a ledgend. A proper journalist. Reminds me of louis theroux. He’s just genuinely interested in the stories and follows along and gets fully involved. I can imagine him putting on his gloves and actually searching the dump to help the guy.

It would be a bit cruel if, when he finally finds the drive, the value dropped to about 20p..

Not something I expected hammond to be doing tbh, but I'm all for it. I think like many people here, the trio could do literally anything and I would be interested in it, the way they speak, articulate their words and quick laughs, makes any point of conversation interesting.

This geezer put together his own justice league

An interesting video from Hammond and his team. I'm starting to like this channel. Well done chaps.

I love this! Richard is a excellent presenter on whatever topic he covers

I do hope he gets it back and it all works out for him, cant imagine what that must feel like to have that much money just sitting in a landfill and not being able to get it.

I really hope he gets it. That would just be an incredible story

That's 500 Million Dollars right now

If you have a hundred thousand funds in your name, you're literally invincible because nobody can touch your funds

That was interesting, hoping to see more content of this caliber on this channel. And it reminded me of my own bitcoin encounter in the early days of it, where I dabbled into mining it, saw how awful slow it is after an unknown fraction of a full bitcoin and gave it up. He went way further and still has nothing to show for at this point - but I wish him luck in recovering his wealth! Now, please excuse me while I go to the basement and dig up some old harddrives, there may be some small change left somewhere... 😅

Hammond's curiosity and compassion really brings a wonderful resonance to this oft told tale.

It's an interesting story, but he's operating off of a LOT of assumptions: It is in a recoverable condition; It is capable of being positively identified; It hasn't been scavenged already; The city could actually make use of the data on it. The man is basically hoping to win the lottery a second time.

I was also involved in bitcoin very early on. However I withdrew my balance as I didn't think it was going anywhere. I had forgotten all about it until I checked my account many years later. The 3 pence I had left in my account had turned into £460. Not joking. I hated myself for a while. Now I don't live my live with any regrets.

So impressive that James is persisting and not only that but has gathered this amazing team and plan and vibe despite this unfortunate accident.

Just remember everyone he’s made a pledge. Doesn’t mean it’s a donation lol

And then you remember that Hammond is actually a great presenter !

I remember hearing about this on the news. Very interesting. Best of luck to him. Great job to Mr. Hammond and the crew.

Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance- wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life..

Resilience personified

5:15 the Newport landfill specialist looks exactly how you would expect him to look

As an information hoarder (as I call myself) I find it unbelievable that he didn’t triple check his hard drives before tossing them.

Fascinating. I'll definitely be following this story.

Hammond is better at presenting this sort of “outside the box” tv than Top Gear. His science/engineering shows are brilliant too

I would love another interview with him after he's found it and the bitcoins have been recovered.

Best of luck to James! This is a fascinating and frustrating story, I hope the plan comes together! Loving this channel with Hammond and May, hoping to see Clarkson too! will watch anything those three present :)

Had a lol when at the end of the video, you see the pop up for *check this out" and it's James May and weird sandwiches hahaha

If you gave the people of Newport a load of money, they’d probably just do the sensible thing and move

This is brilliant. I followed this story from the beginning and it's great to see you cover it. really enjoying the diversified content, keep up the great work.

Also worth a note is here is the value of the forked chain coins. his Bitcoin Cash (BCH) balance is also worth ~$1 million alone.

That drive, even if found, is beyond saving. Crushed and 9 years in a landfill...

Really enjoyed this video, getting to know unique and stories in a more personal way makes this super interesting, can't wait to know of they find it

Are we going to get updates? i.e. the council's decision? what deal was struck? what is the likelihood of the hard drive being recoverable? do they know that the drive is definatley at that site? how long are they prepared to dig with no results? and who pays for all the work done if they come up empty?

I hope he's able to find the hard drive and, help the town out. It's a great suggestion that, the whole world was there when it went wrong, the whole world should be there, when it finally goes right. Best wishes, from AMERICA.

I really hope that he finds it, it will a modern day treasure hunt!

was not expecting this.

Is there any update on this story?

This guy said in a different interview he threw away his laptop away but thought he backed everything up on his new computer, but on this interview he says he threw his wrong hard drive away 🤔

9 years of waste? That is a massive amount of cubic trash. I wish this guy the best of success.

I do hope he'll get the hard drive back. BTW you should film the search. I would totally watch that.

I really love how diverse the content got with the rebrand. Really keeps the channel interesting

Love this! Hammond is a perfect presenter - and I really hope the council see the worth in them agreeing to the rescue mission !

Man i really really hope they can come together and find that drive

You'll definitely find it pal its not a case of if but when . genuine chap

i love richard man so versatile what a story

Anyone know if there's a follow-up video?

that was the most british intro ever

By the time he finds it his bitcoin will be worth about 100 bucks....lol

If successful, it will be close to a miracle. Wish this gentleman all the luck.

This is ultimately about the intersection between hard probabilities and the psychology of hope. In this case, the near certainty is that this object is lost forever (probably destroyed long ago). If the hope was truly connected to the probability, then this person would have been able to move on long ago, regretfully but rationally. However, because of the size of the potential reward, the probability has been ignored, so hope has mutated into obsession. Obsession often leads to the most fatally dangerous human demon of all: despair. Despair is the most destructive state of mind of them all. It leads to...well, I won't say what it leads to here because it's too horrible for most people to contemplate. Let it go.

that city council better aint ruining it

like how hammonds daily driver is a ford pickup he is a really down to earth chap

Great video

You better be on site when it actually happens because you know that guy won't stop until it does.

Its just like the other guy I think in the US; he encrypted his hard drive and forgot the password. He's at peace with it having 1 more password try before it fully locks itself knowing that money never was in his hands.

Keep us updated, please!

He took mining bitcoin to another level

I hope he finds it but the giant claw picking up the scrap metal is an electromagnet. In my mind, thats enough power to wipe the data off the drive.

I kinda miss when this channel was just James May locking his 20-something-year-old employees in his basement force-feeding them various sandwiches.

Oh I can't wait to see what happens next. Hope we get an update

i hope this guy finds it one day that would be dope

Really hope he finds this hard drive

he's got that sick $5 mouse lol

What a cool guy.

I can imagine a guy just finding it on the ground

Well, he was sloppy and he still is. Leaving his computer unlocked in front of strangers (4:08), that's the first thing you should learn not to do.

Where I think this goes wrong, is up front offering everyone 50 quid. Those that don't care about the money don't need the offer of it. Those that do care about the money will say "why only that much?"

Keep us in The loop on this. Would love to know if he finds it and if the data can be retrieved.🤞🏻

Great video !

Always hope, check out the Atari ET cartridges. I know it was a bigger target, but it was a much bigger landfill and a lot more time between dumping and looking for them.

Hey does anyone know whats the name of the music thats played at the end of this video ? at 12.10

What's the music at the start? Sounds like a stripped down version of '1952 Vincent Black Lightning' by Richard Thompson

My biggest concern if I were the city council, would be that less than a month ago there was a crypto crash which dropped the value of that hard drive down by nearly $70M USD. How much do they estimate the total cost of this endeavor to be? How much of it is already promised to other parties? How far would crypto have to crash before his partners pull out and leave the city with a very expensive mess to put right.

Imagine if he already had found his Hard drive and he couldn't recover the data and he thought it's not his Hard drive so he threw it away.

richards in his element here, cheers guys

Get richard and may to go on Beardmeatsfood podcast!

I'm curious what happened next? Does anyone know about it plz??

Welp, hope he gets it back

RICHARD HAMMOND 👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

They said the AI would scan for something the size and shape of a HDD, they also said the drive was in a plastic bag .....

Even if he finds the hard drive, there's no way that it's going to be preserved enough to extract the data.

Bitcoin is going to totally valueless anyway, in a few more months! 🤣

I'd leave the bit about making a 'crypto mecca' out of your presentation to the council tbh.

Imagine tho that a bin man found it whilst emptying the bin and they search every last grain of mud and never find it lol

lots of luck mate.

I really hope he finds it.

What if the hard disk is broken into pieces 🙄🙄

So what happens next?

"his" coins? He threw away the harddrive. Once the trash company picked it up they now owned it. If he ever finds it, he will spend it all on legal fees.

i'm now invested in james' story! if this goes well, are we likely to see a follow up?

Love the Ford ranger

Go James! Best of luck to you.