Davey Noakes rides down to the Compound vault with Bill Benson, the miner who controls access. As the lift descends, Davey thinks about secrecy and about how long he has been coming here. The setting prompts him to look back over decades of criminal record-keeping and to reflect on why he trusts paper and physical storage more than modern technology.

Davey recalls that, in the late 1980s, he was unusual because he kept his records on a computer instead of in notebooks. That choice protected him while other criminals were caught with written evidence. Later, when digital systems became networked and vulnerable, Davey decided computers were no longer safe, because skilled intruders could reach them from anywhere. As a result, Davey reversed course around twenty years earlier and returned to handwritten notebooks.

That practical problem led Davey to Holly and Nick. Davey explains that Holly and Nick understood the same basic rule he did: real secrets should not live on computers. They had bought an underground site and turned it into a highly secure storage operation, which made them useful partners for Davey. For one of Davey’s separate safes, Bitcoin seemed like an inexpensive workaround and an interesting gamble, and Holly and Nick agreed to take that risk with him.

Davey remembers that the original Bitcoin stake had been only about twenty thousand pounds, but it later grew into the fortune now estimated at around £350 million. Seeing Holly and Nick's excitement forced Davey to consider how he should respond and what move he should make next. After their Tuesday meeting, Davey had begun thinking through his options, but then a phone call arrived, and Davey treats that call as the lucky break that changed everything.