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BRL 600 billion fortune of Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin, is located by a company

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Author Melissa B Last update 07/02/2025 10:21

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Arkham Intel, a company specialized in tracking blockchain transactions, announced last Tuesday (4) that it has identified all digital wallets controlled by Satoshi Nakamoto before his disappearance. Creator of bitcoin, Nakamoto accumulated an impressive amount of the cryptocurrency, arousing market interest and reigniting debates about his identity.

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Before this discovery, only estimates suggested the size of the developer's fortune, but now Arkham claims to have accurately identified the accumulated amount: 1,096,354 bitcoins, equivalent to US$ 108 billion or R$ 627 billion at the current exchange rate.

If Nakamoto were on Forbes' list of billionaires, he would occupy the 14th position, surpassing names like Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg. With the growth of bitcoin, his fortune may continue to rise and eventually place him among the ten richest people in the world.

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How was Satoshi Nakamoto's fortune identified?

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Identifying Nakamoto’s wallets has always been a challenge for the crypto community. Since the creator of bitcoin never kept all of his assets in a single digital address, experts had to employ advanced techniques to track his holdings.

Arkham Intel used a method known as the “Patoshi Pattern,” developed by researcher Sergio Demian Lerner.This pattern was identified