Ellie Hart set about spring cleaning her home. In a drawer, amidst old receipts, used batteries, and tangled wires, she found a black USB flash drive. Wanting to tidy up the drawer, she throws it away and continues her spring cleaning. Unfortunately, a few days later, her husband Tom asks her if she's seen the black USB key stored in the drawer he uses for his Bitcoins. And then the drama begins.
“He asked me if I'd seen the little black USB stick he uses for his Bitcoins. I froze. I understood immediately. My heart sank. I said, 'I think I've thrown it away. I felt sick.”
Ellie has just realized that the USB stick she thought was insignificant contained a pretty penny. We're talking about $3.8 million in BTC held by her husband since 2013.