Two mysterious Bitcoin wallets holding a total of 1,000 Bitcoin – worth $61 million at current prices – have suddenly woken up from 10 years of hibernation having moved almost every BTC out.
Wallet address “16vRq…qjzEa” transferred 500 Bitcoins at block 843,131 on May 13 at 02:10 a.m., while the remaining 500 Bitcoins were sent to address “1DUJuH…NgfC5” two blocks later.
According to CoinGecko, each wallet received 500 Bitcoin on September 12 and September 13, 2013, when Bitcoin was priced at just $134.
At current prices, the total consideration transferred is now worth 456 times their acquisition price, at $61.2 million.
Since the transfer, one of the recipient addresses from “16vRq…qjzEa” has transferred 500 Bitcoins onwards to countless addresses, while the recipient from “1DUJuH…NgfC5” is still holding 500 Bitcoins.
The proximity of the inbound and outbound transfers prompted blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain to pair the two transactions together, with viewers believing the two wallets were owned by the same person or entity.
Before transfers, these two addresses were the 4,353rd largest Bitcoin whales, according to BitInfoCharts.
Less than a week ago, a Satoshi Nakamoto-era Bitcoin wallet transferred 687 Bitcoins, worth $43.9 million, to two separate addresses.
According to a recent analysis by Chainalysis and Fortune, although at least one of these early Bitcoin wallets tends to come back online every month, there are nearly 1.8 million Bitcoin addresses that have remained inactive for more than a year. decade.
Fortune said these wallets, not including Nakamoto's, contain about $121 billion worth of Bitcoin.
While it is impossible to know how much was lost, 1.8 million addresses represent 8.5% of the total 21 million Bitcoins that will exist.
People often speculate that dormant wallets may wake up to sell Bitcoin at the opportune moment, others suggest it may be to transfer funds to another address, possibly under a service provider. Unattended wallet service is more secure.
According to CoinGecko, Bitcoin is currently priced at $61,000 and is up 130% in the past 12 months.
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