On August 9, a firm that uses landfill methane to fuel bitcoin miners, Vespene Energy, announced the company has raised $4.3 million in a funding round led by Polychain Capital. Vespene aims to use the funds for its pilot in California by using landfill methane to mine bitcoin and “mitigate a major source of greenhouse […]
James Howells claims he threw away a hard drive by mistake in 2013 containing Bitcoin with a current value of £149 million, and he is hoping to search a Newport landfill site for it