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What are the odds that even if he finds that thumb drive that it even still works? LOL buy it dumbass, let us all know how that works out for you.
Very low. I think he dropped below the break-even point on this several years ago.
Thing is, the drive increases in value all the time.
Thing is, the drive data retention decreases over time
Yeah but theres no way of knowing if its viable or not at this point, so the only known factor is the value of BTC and the cost of money spent searching for the drive. Even if it fails break even (cost > value) that changes over time.
Was it a thumb drive? I thought it was a hard drive. Might even still be attached to the motherboard in a desktop.
If it's a traditional hard drive with moving parts the chances of it still working are zero. Data recovery maybe possible if the platters are still somewhat intact but I doubt he'd even find it to begin with.
It'll likely be ruined either way. Municipal waste is a mix of solids and liquids that gets crushed, shoved, and tumbled around before being compacted down by heavy treads and buried in layers. Anything electronic is likely to be damaged in all that.