Three Satoshi-era Bitcoin (BTC) whale addresses which have been dormant since November 2017 transferred 6,500 BTC, value roughly $230 million, on Nov. 2. Satoshi-era BTC refers back to the very early levels of the Bitcoin community when it was nonetheless comparatively unknown.
In accordance to knowledge from BitInfoCharts, the primary pockets moved 2,550 BTC, estimated to be value $90 million. A second handle moved round 2,000 BTC value $71 million, and the third handle transferred round 1,950 BTC value $69 million.
All three wallets had one other factor in widespread: the final transaction from every got here virtually six years in the past, on Nov. 5, 2017. Thus, these wallets slept by the Bitcoin bull run and the all-time excessive of over $69,000. A lot of the Bitcoin within the three whale wallets dates again to July 2011 and is linked to F2Pool — a Bitcoin mining pool — suggesting it could have been amassed through early Bitcoin mining. The three wallets held BTC when it traded underneath $15.
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Whether or not all three wallets belong to the identical particular person or entity just isn’t confirmed, although the pockets historical past and transaction patterns recommend that may very well be the case. The latest motion of Bitcoin whale addresses containing Bitcoin from the 2011 period comes simply days after the BTC worth touched a brand new yearly excessive above $35,000.
2023 has seen a number of Bitcoin whales and addresses greater than 10 years outdated rising from dormancy, transferring BTC to new addresses. Earlier in July, a pockets dormant for 11 years transferred $30 million in BTC, and a month later, in August, a Saotshi-era pockets transferred 1,005 BTC to a brand new handle.
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