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SXXtoday at 6:08 AM2 repliesview on HN

It's not even hundreds of millions. It's tens of billions of dollars if we suppose someone actually have access to these wallets.

Bitcoins across old unused wallets worth $30B to $80B depend of how you count it.


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amjnsxtoday at 7:22 AM

I always assumed these wallets were never meant to be withdrawn. In the case of satoshi’s - it’s public proof that the Bitcoin network is still secure.

thaumasiotestoday at 9:26 AM

> Bitcoins across old unused wallets worth $30B to $80B depend of how you count it.

It's worth considerably less if you make any attempt to count it accurately. The market capitalization reflects the fact that old unused wallets are unused. If they stopped being unused, market capitalization would drop.

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