The Gênesis wallet was the first Bitcoin wallet created to receive the reward for mining the first block of the network.
A statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, in Budapest, Hungary (Photo: Shutterstock)
A transaction that took place on Friday (5) has attracted the attention of the entire crypto community: someone sent 26.9 Bitcoins to the Gênesis wallet, the first BTC wallet created by Satoshi Nakamoto. At current prices, the transaction is worth $1.1 million (R$5.3 million).
Those bitcoins are likely locked away forever. Only Satoshi Nakamoto has the password to access the wallet, but the person or entity that created the cryptocurrency hasn’t touched its funds since 2010.
The wallet that sent the Bitcoin received the assets after a series of transactions involving up to 12 other addresses. Analysts at blockchain company Arkham Intelligence tracked the history and found that most of the funds came from Binance wallets, The Block reported.
Now, the wallet that sent bitcoin to Satoshi is empty. Data from Mempool Space shows that the transaction fee is $100, far higher than the average of $3.28 for high-priority transactions.
Conor Grogan, head of Coinbase X, said: “Either Satoshi woke up and bought 27 bitcoins from Binance and put them in his own wallet, or someone burned $1 million.”
The Genesis wallet had only 50 bitcoins for a long time, which was the result of the reward for mining the first block of the Bitcoin network. Over time, people began to send BTC to the address, which subsequently reached 72 BTC. The latest transaction shows that the address now has 99.67 bitcoins.
It is estimated that including all of Satoshi Nakamoto's wallets, he holds 1.1 million bitcoins, equivalent to $47 billion. #比特币 #中本聪钱包
