On December 2, a Bitcoin wallet that had been dormant for nearly 16 years suddenly woke up.
This wallet contains 50 BTC, which is worth approximately 4.32 million dollars at the current price. Interestingly, the first thing the wallet owner did upon waking up was to transfer this batch of coins to 5 new addresses.
You should know that this Wallet was last active back in 2009 - at that time Bitcoin had just been born, and a coin was only worth a few cents. Now, waking up, the assets in my hands have multiplied who knows how many times.
The sudden activation of such old wallets often triggers all kinds of speculation in the market. Is it the original miner? An early player retrieving the private key? Or do they plan to cash out and exit? The operation of spreading across multiple addresses further fuels the imagination.
Anyway, this 15.7-year long-term holding record can be considered another legendary story in the crypto world.
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DefiEngineerJack
· 8h ago
ngl, that wallet dust split to 5 addresses is textbook UTXO fragmentation... if they're actually dumping, this is a pretty inefficient way to do it on-chain. just saying.
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Degen4Breakfast
· 8h ago
Woke up, woke up, how much does this guy have to earn, I'm吐了
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GasFeeAssassin
· 8h ago
Wow, this guy slept for 16 years and woke up directly rich. Is this operation of spreading and transferring to avoid dumping or is it washing coins?
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GateUser-6bc33122
· 8h ago
Bro, this operation looks tough to me, transferring 50 coins dispersedly, clearly afraid of something, right? Is it not a dumping?
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ser_aped.eth
· 8h ago
Wow, is this real? What I bought for a few cents 16 years ago is now worth over 4 million? I also want to sleep and wake up to find myself rich.
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FlashLoanKing
· 8h ago
Wow, did this guy really just wake up like this? 16 years, that's a long sleep. As soon as he opens his eyes, his assets have changed dramatically. I'm jealous.
The Bitcoin wallet that has been dormant for 16 years awakens: the transfer of 50 BTC raises market attention.
On December 2, a Bitcoin wallet that had been dormant for nearly 16 years suddenly woke up.
This wallet contains 50 BTC, which is worth approximately 4.32 million dollars at the current price. Interestingly, the first thing the wallet owner did upon waking up was to transfer this batch of coins to 5 new addresses.
You should know that this Wallet was last active back in 2009 - at that time Bitcoin had just been born, and a coin was only worth a few cents. Now, waking up, the assets in my hands have multiplied who knows how many times.
The sudden activation of such old wallets often triggers all kinds of speculation in the market. Is it the original miner? An early player retrieving the private key? Or do they plan to cash out and exit? The operation of spreading across multiple addresses further fuels the imagination.
Anyway, this 15.7-year long-term holding record can be considered another legendary story in the crypto world.