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August 13, 2022, 04:55:54 AM
#20
As it was said there is no way to know that, but it is in the nature of Bitcoin that there are a lot of this whales. The reason is simple, in the beginning of Bitcoin there were only a few people involved even if at the same time there was a large supply of Bitcoin. Those people never did KYC but also not of them trade actively.
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August 13, 2022, 04:27:07 AM
#19
Your topic title is its own answer!
If they are anonymous then you can't count them, even looking at addresses with certain balance is not the answer because an address with a large balance could belong to a service not an individual.
And if you could count individuals with certain amount of coins (like whales) then they would not be anonymous anymore.
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August 13, 2022, 04:04:59 AM
#18
When it comes to being anonymous there, it is quite clear that it is not possible to know who they are and where they came from, because the word Anonymous itself has explained that this cannot be known and maybe only a few people are speculating there.
I think something like this is definitely a good move on their part because there's no way they would admit that they're a big-buying whale, unless what they really want is name and fame here.
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August 13, 2022, 03:36:58 AM
#17
Simple answer is we don't know. Did you know that you can get targeted for malicious stuff if someone knows that you have a lot of money and given that these whales want to keep their money for themselves, I am pretty sure that they're going to stay incognito and use all safety precautions to be anonymous for that reason. Also, it's not our business how many whales there are because we don't have any use of the data even if we know how many.
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August 13, 2022, 01:28:54 AM
#16
All whale investors always want to use crypto with their privacy coz of many Government issues and restrictions. But anonymity is not always possible. Because most centralized exchangers make KYC mandatory for exchanging large amount. but if someone use cex then it is possible to Exchange and hold a largest amount anonymously. that’s why every whale investors always like CEX.
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August 13, 2022, 12:00:12 AM
#15
Even though they buy with KYC only the exchange knows who/whale bought/owns the BTC, it's very likely that the exchange won't open this data and is quite doubtful that whales will buy it through the exchange because they could buy through other methods.
Addresses detected as having a lot of BTC are mostly exchange addresses, so it is very difficult or impossible to reveal how many whales have BTC or how much they have because their decision to own btc is anonymity.

Unless they then mix those coins, or use XMR to anonymize them, the government would still know where that money is going correct?
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August 12, 2022, 11:58:35 PM
#14
Most whales are anonymous, only attention seeking morons announce publicly how many bitcoin they have. I know people like Saylor are ‘out’ so to speak but I’m not talking about them. Any whale is not a public figure will remain anonymous. There are too many security risks with publicly announcing how filthy rich you are.

Smart people say gery little when it’s not required.

And keeping in mind when I say anonymous. I dont mean only to the public, rather, also to the government.
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August 12, 2022, 11:39:41 PM
#13
Like people who own tons of Bitcoin or crypto but bought them without KYC? Either before KYC was a thing, or bought them through methods that did not involve KYC?

And how many people do you think hold a lot of wealth, who did buy with KYC, but anonymized them for privacy. Not for committing crime, but just mixed or XMR converted their btc and back to get anonymous bitcoin and are whales. Moving markets but no one, not even the US government, knows who they are?
Usually people who are blue whales are encouraged to invest in cryptocurrencies where no one will trace who they are. No one will get any of their information. Because all the addresses are anonymous. Especially those who are blue whales or big investors will always try to hide them self. In this case they try to hold their assets without KYC. As it is anonymous so it is not possible to count properly.
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August 12, 2022, 11:22:26 PM
#12
It seems like more and more people are holding more crypto, but being honest with individuals or organizations that want to remain anonymous on this matter would also be a difficult thing to do. As I know, even hackers, underground government organizations, etc., are always curious about crypto assets. We all suspect they hold a lot but can't know exactly, so the answer to OP's problem is hard to describe.
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August 12, 2022, 11:12:23 PM
#11
Your question is contradicting.
You are asking the number of whales out there but the fact that you added the word "anonymous" contradicts your question. That's why there is the word anonymous because you don't know who they are and that goes to the whales and in fact, nobody can give you an exact number here.

I don't know exact but "probably" those whales are those who are owning an exchanges, those institutions who are involved in cryptocurrencies and there are some rich people out there who are involved into crypto as well but they are silent.
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August 12, 2022, 11:09:13 PM
#10
Even though they buy with KYC only the exchange knows who/whale bought/owns the BTC, it's very likely that the exchange won't open this data and is quite doubtful that whales will buy it through the exchange because they could buy through other methods.
Addresses detected as having a lot of BTC are mostly exchange addresses, so it is very difficult or impossible to reveal how many whales have BTC or how much they have because their decision to own btc is anonymity.
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August 12, 2022, 10:38:01 PM
#9
Well, we can only make a rough guess out of Bitcoin addresses and how much Bitcoin is in there, but it can never be accurate. After all, we cannot equate addresses with individual owners. It is very possible that addresses that have so much Bitcoin belong to crypto companies and not to individual whales.

We also can't accurately tell whether certain whales bought their Bitcoin with or without KYC. It is very possible that whales who have so much Bitcoin made the purchase through OTC or through brokers.
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August 12, 2022, 10:29:15 PM
#8
The term anonymous itself represents that the whales can't be traced. If the whale formula is based on the volume of holding, we can count the number of wallets holding the specific volume of bitcoin. With that calculation it is possible to have the number of Whale wallets and that doesn't indicate the number of Whale holders, because a single Whale holder can have multiple wallets.
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August 12, 2022, 09:52:08 PM
#7
That's why we called them "anonymous" because we can't identify them. It's really difficult, there are some whales who are using multiple wallets without trace or connection to different wallets but only 1 owner. This is power of decentralization, it's just amazing because you can do it without someone knowing or someone can control your funds.
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August 12, 2022, 08:59:14 PM
#6
We will likely not getting the figures, maybe there could be rough estimates, but we will never know.

And maybe some of them haven't touch their BTC for many years, just sitting on their wallet, and when they are going to move it, they could used mixers to hide and keep their identity private.

And as far as XMR goes, as early as 2020, IRS has offered $625k to anyone who can crack XMR's and other privacy centric crypto.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-irs-offers-a-625-000-bounty-to-anyone-who-can-break-monero-and-lightning
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August 12, 2022, 06:39:06 PM
#5
If you want a very rough estimation, check: https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html

Obviously some of the addresses that hold a lot of bitcoin are exchanges, and the fact that people can hold multiple bitcoin on multiple addresses, would end you up with an inaccurate idea, but at least you have a rough idea.
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August 12, 2022, 05:33:20 PM
#4
Most whales are anonymous, only attention seeking morons announce publicly how many bitcoin they have. I know people like Saylor are ‘out’ so to speak but I’m not talking about them. Any whale is not a public figure will remain anonymous. There are too many security risks with publicly announcing how filthy rich you are.

Smart people say gery little when it’s not required.
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August 12, 2022, 04:45:38 PM
#3
You'll never know any metrics or data about them since you're talking about privacy and anonymity.

And how many people do you think hold a lot of wealth, who did buy with KYC, but anonymized them for privacy. Not for committing crime, but just mixed or XMR converted their btc and back to get anonymous bitcoin and are whales. Moving markets but no one, not even the US government, knows who they are?
No one will know who they are, they're anonymous for a reason and that's why for these questions that you've brought up. Maybe someone can bring up a data and statistics on it but it will be questioned for accuracy.
legendary
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August 12, 2022, 04:34:59 PM
#2
Well, the whole point of privacy is that such data is hard or impossible to obtain. Adresses that hold a lot of coins could belong to organizations and not a single owner. Individual whales could have dozens of addresses with moderate amounts of coins, instead of putting all eggs in one basket. There are attempts to count the Bitcoin whales, but I seriously question their accuracy.

So, this is a question that no one can give a good answer.
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August 12, 2022, 04:20:50 PM
#1
Like people who own tons of Bitcoin or crypto but bought them without KYC? Either before KYC was a thing, or bought them through methods that did not involve KYC?




And how many people do you think hold a lot of wealth, who did buy with KYC, but anonymized them for privacy. Not for committing crime, but just mixed or XMR converted their btc and back to get anonymous bitcoin and are whales. Moving markets but no one, not even the US government, knows who they are?
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