Some Bitcoin wallets have been completely silent for over a decade… yet they hold billions. These dormant giants are one of the most fascinating mysteries in crypto.
Satoshi Nakamoto’s wallets — Around 1,000,000 BTC (~$66B).
Untouched since 2010. This could be the biggest dormant fortune in modern financial history. No one knows if Satoshi is alive, gone, or simply choosing to stay silent.
Mt. Gox hacker wallet — 79,957 BTC (~$5.3B).
Received in a single transaction on March 1, 2011. Not one satoshi has moved since. It remains one of the most closely watched wallets in crypto.
Mystery wallet (BEQeC) — 83,000 BTC (~$5.5B).
This address has never sent an outgoing transaction — ever. For more than a decade it has only received occasional deposits from curious users.
Unknown 2010 mining wallet — 28,000 BTC (~$1.85B).
Created in Bitcoin’s earliest mining days, when this amount could be mined within months using basic hardware. The funds have never moved.
Unknown early mining wallet — 9,260 BTC (~$611M).
Active briefly in August 2010, likely belonging to a solo miner from Bitcoin’s infancy. The coins have remained untouched ever since.
Mircea Popescu’s suspected holdings — Estimated ~$2B in BTC.
The early Bitcoin advocate reportedly drowned in 2021 at age 41. It’s still unclear whether access to his holdings was ever preserved.
Silk Road–era wallets — Thousands of BTC across multiple addresses.
One wallet worth around $1B suddenly moved in 2020 after seven years of silence — while Ross Ulbricht was serving his prison sentence.
Multiple 2011–2013 era wallets —
Dozens of addresses holding 1,000–5,000 BTC each remain dormant for over a decade. Combined, they represent billions in potentially lost supply.
📊 According to btcgraveyard estimates, roughly 3.7 million BTC may be permanently lost or inaccessible.
At current prices, that’s about $244 billion in Bitcoin that may never move again.
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