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Re:Eight dormant Satoshi-era Bitcoin wallets reactivated aft... by londons_explore on Saturday July 05, 2025 @02:18AM (#44470481)
Good chance those coins are 100% traceable. They were lost in the days before good privacy tools like mixers, and the database of the biggest exchange MtGox was fully leaked so everyone knows the real name, email, bank details, and date of birth of the owner of every old coin.

Very pleased I disposed of all mine long ago, and the Blockchain shows that so nobody tries to kidnap me for the keys.

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Re:Eight dormant Satoshi-era Bitcoin wallets reactivated aft... by bbarnett on Saturday July 05, 2025 @03:21AM (#44470742)
In the early days, a pentium 486 in your garage could have made these coins in a few months.

And you don't need an exchange to transfer coins.

No one knows who owns these wallets... yet. That's why they are mysterious.

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Re:Eight dormant Satoshi-era Bitcoin wallets reactivated aft... by londons_explore on Saturday July 05, 2025 @06:30PM (#44476105)
Plenty of address reuse happened back then
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Re:Eight dormant Satoshi-era Bitcoin wallets reactivated aft... by improbableinf on Saturday July 05, 2025 @05:18AM (#44471314)
That’s what someone who hasn’t disposed all of the coins would say.
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