Old Bitcoin Wallet active again after 15 years

A Bitcoin wallet that sat idle for 15 years is active again after a long time. The owner is now a multimillionaire.

One of the first Bitcoin miners has resurfaced. After more than 15 years of inactivity, a wallet containing 50 Bitcoins has come back to life, according to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain on X. The bitcoins were mined on Jan. 30, 2009, shortly after Bitcoin was launched. At the time, the network was still new, and the wallet contained only one transaction.

Yesterday, all 50 Bitcoins were transferred to a new address. Who is behind this is unknown. What is certain: the owner is now a multimillionaire. After all, the Bitcoins are worth some 3.16 million dollars.