Earliest Bitcoins Seen Moving
Transaction records in the blockchain show that bitcoins mined during the earliest days of Bitcoin have been transacted during the past year - after remaining 'dormant,' for the most part untouched, since being mined between 2009-2011. The bulk of these 67,000 coins (worth $67mil) were transacted during the months surrounding the Bitcoin all-time-high price in November 2013. Speculation has been brewing as to the reasons why these previously 'dead' bitcoins have moved, and, also, who the owners may have been - some saying that there may have been spends by Satoshi himself. Earliest Coins,....
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