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Satoshi’s Silent Bitcoin Wallets Fuel a $2.6M Mystery
On February 7, 2026, an unknown party sent 2.565 BTC to the most-watched address in cryptocurrency: Bitcoin’s Genesis wallet. The transfer, valued at approximately $181,000 at the time, did not originate from Satoshi Nakamoto, and no coins have ever left the address. Yet the event reignited a debate that has defined Bitcoin since its creation: what happens if the estimated 1.1 million BTC attributed to the pseudonymous creator ever moves? That question is no longer purely theoretical. Prediction markets have attracted $3.9 million in wagers on the outcome, a Google report has quantified the quantum computing ... (full story)
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