Satoshi Nakamoto’s 1.096 million bitcoins have been locked away for 17 years. Even now, hackers still can’t touch them. They’re worth $84.78 billion.
In 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto used the Bitcoin 0.1 client. Every time 50 BTC were mined, it generated a completely new set of private keys, with no connection between one set and another. Today, a familiar 12-word recovery phrase can unlock all your assets, but that system didn’t exist back then. These coins were spread across 21,900 sets of independent private keys.
Even if a hacker or AI were lucky enough to crack one set, they’d get at most 50 coins and learn nothing about the other 21,899 sets. $BTC The largest old wallet is stuck with the wallet design from 17 years ago.
In 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto used the Bitcoin 0.1 client. Every time 50 BTC were mined, it generated a completely new set of private keys, with no connection between one set and another. Today, a familiar 12-word recovery phrase can unlock all your assets, but that system didn’t exist back then. These coins were spread across 21,900 sets of independent private keys.
Even if a hacker or AI were lucky enough to crack one set, they’d get at most 50 coins and learn nothing about the other 21,899 sets. $BTC The largest old wallet is stuck with the wallet design from 17 years ago.