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Bulgaria seized 200,000 BTC in an organized crime crackdown in 2017 [1]. The FBI seized 144,000 BTC in the Silk Road crackdown in 2013, though have since auctio
by arcticbull 5y ago
Bulgaria seized 200,000 BTC in an organized crime crackdown in 2017 [1]. The FBI seized 144,000 BTC in the Silk Road crackdown in 2013, though have since auctioned some of that off. [2]
I believe there are only 4 addresses with more than 100,00BTC each. Satoshi is 1. I believe Bitfinex is 3.
[1] https://www.coindesk.com/bulgarian-government-sitting-3-billion-bitcoin https://www.coindesk.com/bulgarian-government-sitting-3-bill...
[2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/10/25/fbi-says-its-seized-20-million-in-bitcoins-from-ross-ulbricht-alleged-owner-of-silk-road/?sh=8ed0f5927655 https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/10/25/fbi-sa...
- gruez 5y ago>I believe there are only 4 addresses with more than 100,00BTC each. Satoshi is 1. I believe Bitfinex is 3. The flaw in your analysis is that you assume that there's a one to one relationship between an address and a person. This is not the case because a typical bitcoin wallet has hundreds of addresses and address reuse is discouraged. Therefore your conclusion that bulgaria is the nth largest bitcoin holder in the world because there are are only n addresses with balances larger than it is incorrect.
- arcticbull 5y agoSorry, I was also quoting a number of other sources. They may have done the analysis the same way of course. [1] You certainly do raise a good point however, I'm open to retracting that since to your point it's probably not possible to know for a fact. My bad! [1] https://medium.com/cryptocurrencies-ups-and-down/top-ten-bitcoin-holders-in-the-world-c0c23a3db7b3 https://medium.com/cryptocurrencies-ups-and-down/top-ten-bit...