Are you wondering who owns the most Bitcoin?

Satoshi Nakamoto owns the most bitcoins with an estimated 1.1 million BTC. Satoshi not only invented Bitcoin but also started it by being the first miner to create transaction blocks. It is estimated that Satoshi mined over 22,000 blocks starting on January 3, 2009 and received over a million bitcoins as cumulative block rewards for his work.

How many Bitcoins does Satoshi have?

As a result, Satoshi is estimated to have over 1.1 million BTC, worth around $47 billion by February 2024. These bitcoins are not stored in one address but spread across around 22,000 addresses. None of them have been spent except for a few test transactions. Satoshi left the project in 2010 and has not been heard from since.

Individual Bitcoin Whales

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss: After a 2008 deal with Mark Zuckerberg for $65 million worth of Facebook stock and cash, the pair formed an angel investment firm. A few years later, they announced that they had purchased around $11 million worth of bitcoin at an average cost of $10 per coin. It is estimated that the Winklevoss twins own ~70,000 BTC.

Tim Draper: The VC giant has been interested in Bitcoin for some time; so much so that he made an initial purchase of 40,000 BTC on the Mt Gox exchange.

Unfortunately, all 40,000 coins were lost in the hack and subsequent bankruptcy. However, in 2014, Mr. Draper purchased 29,656 BTC for $18.7 million at a cost basis of about $632 per coin.

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