A significant treasure of 1000 bitcoins, which had not moved for thirteen years, has been in the news lately.
After a very difficult year in 2022, Bitcoin has returned to the forefront in recent months, with a price that continues to climb, to the point that it has now exceeded $42,000. An increase that pushes the public to look again at cryptos, and the insane sums carried by this market. It must be said that there are always interesting stories in this world, like that of these somewhat unusual 1000 bitcoins.
1000 bitcoins moved
Do you remember that time when bitcoins were worth nothing, or almost nothing? That was more than a decade ago, when a pizza could cost around ten thousand bitcoins. Since then, things have changed, and a single unit of this digital currency costs a fortune. So, suffice to say that when the company CryptoQuant discovers that nearly 1000 bitcoins mined in 2010 have just moved, there is reason to wonder.
And all the more so since it is a particular portfolio, which had not recorded any movements since the time when bitcoin was worth 0.001 cents! As a reminder, the very first bitcoin block mined dates from January 3, 2009, barely a year before the creation of this thousand bitcoins.
Satoshi, is that you?
A seniority that raises questions. Who could possibly be behind this wallet? Obviously, many will immediately think of Satoshi Nakamoto. Because the mysterious creator of Bitcoin was active for almost two years, and last showed his existence on December 12, 2010 with a post on the bitcointalk forum.
More generally, as CoinDesk points out, “ several Satoshi-era bitcoins have been active since early 2023. » Several large sums of bitcoins from that time, in the order of several tens of millions of dollars, were transferred this summer. To take advantage of the currently very high prices?
Source : BFM TV
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