Over a dozen early Bitcoin wallets have sprung back to life amid a new investigation into the identity of the network’s pseudonymous founder, Satoshi Nakamoto.
In recent months, these wallets, among the first active on the network between 2009 and 2010, have moved a combined $35 million to new addresses and crypto exchanges.
Back then, Bitcoin was little more than a niche cypherpunk project relegated to internet forums, shepherded by its enigmatic creator, Nakamoto.
Normally, such movements wouldn’t draw significant attention. It’s not uncommon for old wallets to move Bitcoin around occasionally.
But the increased frequency of wallet movements, coupled with the recent announcement of a new HBO documentary focusing on Nakamoto’s identity, adds a fresh layer of intrigue.
Still, the excitement has got crypto pundits speculating that the early wallet movements could be connected to information revealed in the documentary.
Due to when these wallets were active on the Bitcoin network, some say they were likely among Satoshi’s earliest collaborators.
Although many of the wallets mined Bitcoin during the network’s early days, they continued making transactions after Nakamoto’s final known message in April 2011.
Considering other crypto wallets confirmed to belong to Nakamoto were not active after this point, it’s unlikely that those wallets belong to the Bitcoin creator.
Source: Dlnews
