{"id":20083,"date":"2023-04-21T16:42:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T16:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bitcoin-wallet-dormant-for-10-years-suddenly-wakes-up\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T16:42:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T16:42:06","slug":"bitcoin-wallet-dormant-for-10-years-suddenly-wakes-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bitcoin-wallet-dormant-for-10-years-suddenly-wakes-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin wallet dormant for 10 years suddenly wakes up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : CoinJournal: Latest Bitcoin, Ethereum &amp; Crypto News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post-article-image  -mt-24  mb-8  lg:-mt-32  rounded  overflow-hidden\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2023\/04\/1682095186200-5bad76aa-eac1-4dd2-a20f-1618542ae09c-smartcrop-750x375.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2023\/04\/1682095186200-5bad76aa-eac1-4dd2-a20f-1618542ae09c-smartcrop-363x181.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2023\/04\/1682095186200-5bad76aa-eac1-4dd2-a20f-1618542ae09c-smartcrop-750x375.jpg\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2023\/04\/1682095186200-5bad76aa-eac1-4dd2-a20f-1618542ae09c-smartcrop-363x181.jpg\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/>\n<\/picture>                    <\/div>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">A dormant wallet from 2012 has woken up and moved 279 BTC.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">According to on-chain data, the Satoshi era wallet holds 1,128 Bitcoin worth $31.6 million.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">The wallet last transacted when Bitcoin prices ranged in the $12 to $95 zone.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While <a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin price<\/a> continues to flirt with $28,000 after this week\u2019s slump from $30,000, a new development related to the leading cryptocurrency has been observed.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Dormant wallet wakes up and moves 279 BTC<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to on-chain details <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whale_alert\/status\/1649384703663779841\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">shared<\/a> by crypto account Whale Alert, a BTC wallet that has been dormant for over 10 years just reawakened. \u00a0The Satoshi era wallet reportedly holds 1,128 bitcoin worth approximately $31.6 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udca4 \ud83d\udca4 \ud83d\udca4 \ud83d\udca4  A dormant address containing 1,128 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTC<\/a> (31,587,849 USD) has just been activated after 10.5 years!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W87gdQJ0lo\">https:\/\/t.co\/W87gdQJ0lo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Whale Alert (@whale_alert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whale_alert\/status\/1649384703663779841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And the dormant <a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wallets\/\">wallet<\/a> has made some quick moves, with 279 BTC of the assets being moved to three new addresses in the past 24 hours. On-chain smart money platform Lookonchain<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1649387289745977344\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> <u>tweeted<\/u><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cA whale with 1,128 $BTC ($31.6M) that has been dormant for 10 years transferred 279 $BTC ($7.8M) to 3 new addresses just now. The whale received 1,128 $BTC in October 2012 and May 2013, when prices were $12 and $195.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A whale with 1,128 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a>($31.6M) that has been dormant for 10 years transferred 279 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a>($7.8M) to 3 new addresses just now.<\/p>\n<p>The whale received 1,128 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a> in October 2012 and May 2013, when prices were $12 and $195.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2MxnVzcEMl\">https:\/\/t.co\/2MxnVzcEMl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2GM7Oq4e2P\">pic.twitter.com\/2GM7Oq4e2P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1649387289745977344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bitcoin price reached highs of $69,000 in November 2021, meaning the wallet would have been even richer had it activated then. While the sudden activity and why it happened remains to be unearthed,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esatoshiclub\/status\/1649434050795302914\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> <u>crypto twitter<\/u><\/a> is reacting to the news with speculation that it is possible someone just found their seed phrase.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-meta\">\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Share this article<\/h6>\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Categories<\/h6>\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Tags<\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/news\/dormant-bitcoin-wallet-with-31-million-btc-activates-after-10-years\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : CoinJournal: Latest Bitcoin, Ethereum &amp; Crypto News ) A dormant wallet from 2012 has woken up and moved 279 BTC. According to on-chain data, the Satoshi era wallet holds 1,128 Bitcoin worth $31.6 million. The wallet last transacted when Bitcoin prices ranged in the $12 to $95 zone.\u00a0 While Bitcoin price [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":20084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20083"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}