{"id":22611,"date":"2025-04-01T13:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T10:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/alleged-bitcoin-loaded-flash-drive-discarded-community-suspects-hoax\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T13:50:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T10:50:52","slug":"alleged-bitcoin-loaded-flash-drive-discarded-community-suspects-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/alleged-bitcoin-loaded-flash-drive-discarded-community-suspects-hoax\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged Bitcoin-Loaded Flash Drive Discarded, Community Suspects Hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Daily Star reported<\/a> a story about Ellie Hart, a teacher from Market Harborough, UK, who allegedly discarded a flash drive containing bitcoins worth approximately $3.8 million. However, the article has raised doubts within the community.<\/p>\n

According to the newspaper, the 34-year-old woman was unaware that the device held a fortune. She purportedly threw it away with other rubbish. Journalists noted that her husband “bought the coins in 2013,” “reacted calmly” to the incident, and “did not blame” his wife.<\/p>\n

The crypto community questioned<\/a> the veracity of the story. A Reddit user pointed out that a photo of the couple “looks artificial.”<\/p>\n

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Source: subreddit r\/CryptoCurrency.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some participants in the discussion supported this view, calling the article fake. This is indirectly supported by the fact that the Daily Star provides a link to a gambling portal where Hart’s comment is supposedly posted, but no such material is found upon following the link. At the time of writing, the publication had not issued a retraction or comments regarding the article.<\/p>\n

A check through a service for detecting artificially generated images showed a 9.1% probability of neural network use.<\/p>\n

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Source: Illuminarty<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, Hive AI Detector provided different results:<\/p>\n

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Source: Hive AI Detector.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In February 2025, Mark Hall, a specialist from Business Waste, stated<\/a> that the likelihood of finding a hard drive at a landfill and retrieving data from it is nearly zero. He commented on the search initiative by Briton James Howells, who lost access to 7500 BTC.<\/p>\n

In the same month, plans were announced by officials to close and seal the landfill. Howells stated<\/a> that he intends to buy the site with investor support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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