It has lasted 12 years, involving a High Court and Court of Appeal hearing, and a very public row between a computer engineer and a council - but could the Newport tip Bitcoin saga finally be coming to an end?
James Howells, from Newport, who claimed his ex-girlfriend mistakenly threw away a hard drive containing 8,000 bitcoins in 2013, has given up on retrieving the wallet, worth £620m, but has been hit with a £117,000 legal bill from his fight.
Instead of buying the site to retrieve it, he has now launched his own cryptocurrency - Ceiniog Coin - to try and regain some of his money.
Earlier this year, Newport council said it plans to close the site in the 2025-26 financial year, prompting Mr Howells to offer to buy it to retrieve the wallet.
But the authority said he owes them just under £117,000 after his attempts to buy the landfill went to court.
