A Bitcoin Wallet From The Satoshi Era Became Active After 14 Years.
- Posted on June 28, 2024 3:34 AM
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The Bitcoin wallet belongs to a miner who earned 50 BTC as a mining reward back in July 2010 when BTC was trading at $0.05.
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A Bitcoin wallet dating back to the Satoshi era, before 2010, became active after 14 years and sent 50 Bitcoin to the Binance cryptocurrency exchange.
The Satoshi era refers to the period between 2009 and 2011 when Bitcoin's pseudonymous founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, was active in online forums.
The Bitcoin miner earned 50 BTC as a mining reward in July 2010. These BTC are among the oldest mined Bitcoins from a time when the block reward was 50 BTC per block. Today, the block reward is set at only 3.125 BTC.
The miner acquired these 50 BTC when Bitcoin was valued at approximately $0.05. During that period, the total value of all Bitcoin assets was only $25.
The transaction history of the Bitcoin wallet indicates that the miner successfully mined a single block, a rare achievement in today's world, especially considering it occurred during a period when the Bitcoin hash rate reached its all-time highest levels.
Moving cryptocurrencies to centralized exchanges is generally viewed as selling transactions because centralized exchanges are often used for asset selling operations.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading just above $61,000, but it has experienced some declines below support levels in the past few days. BTC is currently 17% below its all-time high of $73,750.
Last year, many long-dormant Bitcoin wallets from the Satoshi era became active to transfer their BTC to new wallets or convert them into cash to sell on exchanges.
Bitcoin Hash Rate Wars
Bitcoin's anonymous creator, Nakamoto, encouraged people to mine Bitcoin on their own computers. However, as BTC prices have reached new highs and provided significant returns with each halving cycle, Bitcoin mining has become profitable on an industrial scale and is now managed by large operations.
In recent years, many companies have installed hundreds of state-of-the-art mining machines to expand their Bitcoin mining operations. Some of these operations have become publicly traded.
Competition in Bitcoin mining has significantly increased mining difficulty, making it uncertain even for mining machines worth thousands of dollars to guarantee successful block mining.
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