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The wallet of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of the creator of Bitcoin, is one of the greatest mysteries in the crypto world. Although it is not known for certain who Nakamoto is or if he still has access to his wallets, researchers have identified several addresses associated with him based on early mining patterns, such as the "Patoshi Pattern." Below, I detail the most relevant information:
Known addresses:
The most famous address attributed to Nakamoto is 1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa, which corresponds to the genesis block (the first block mined in the Bitcoin blockchain). This wallet contains 103.03 BTC (as of October 3, 2024), although the original 50 BTC from the genesis block are not spendable. The rest has been sent by the community as a "tribute."
Another notable address is 1HLoD9E4SDFFPDiYfNYnkBLQ85Y51J3Zb1, used for the first Bitcoin transaction sent to Hal Finney in 2009, with 10 BTC.
Estimated amount of Bitcoin:
Researchers, such as Sergio Damian Lerner, estimate that Nakamoto mined between 600,000 and 1.1 million BTC during the early years of Bitcoin (2009-2010). These coins are distributed across more than 20,000 addresses, many of which contain 50 BTC, the reward per block at that time.
With the current price of Bitcoin (~$100,000), these wallets could be worth