Satoshi *is* Bitcoin, owns roughly $100m-worth of BTC. (Which, we would submit, he fully deserves. BTC is a brilliant, brilliant concept and now a $1.4Bn economy. Zuck owns far more than 10% of FB, for example - and that's not in the same ballpark for world-changing ingenuity. There will be Economics PhDs about Bitcoin.)
Talking of FB, the Winklevii have approx $12m-worth of BTC, mainly bought when prices were in low double-figures. Smart kids.
Topic: How rich are the richest Bitcoiners? (Read 1678 times)
I think Satoshi still has like 10%, I could be wrong though.
There was topic with some approvements that Satishi has about 1148800 BTC now. 
Isnt it the Wiklevoski twins (however you spell there last name) that are the richest? I heard the own something like 1 % of bitcoin economy 
I think Satoshi still has like 10%, I could be wrong though.
Isnt it the Wiklevoski twins (however you spell there last name) that are the richest? I heard the own something like 1 % of bitcoin economy
Thought this article might prove interesting to you folks:
https://bitslog.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/the-well-deserved-fortune-of-satoshi-nakamoto/
https://bitslog.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/the-well-deserved-fortune-of-satoshi-nakamoto/
Here is another list with richest addresses from Jan 2013: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Ladder#Top_addresses
I read about Bitcoin last year and I'm kicking myself not looking into it back then. I still bought my first bitcoin in January when the price was 14 euro's. Hope it's not too late for a nice bit of accumulation and I'll try to get some more even though I don't have much money. That first bitcoin is resting in a paper wallet at a secure location. So I will always still have some.
Prices are still cheap now. In 5 years, it will be 1,000+
I read about Bitcoin last year and I'm kicking myself not looking into it back then. I still bought my first bitcoin in January when the price was 14 euro's. Hope it's not too late for a nice bit of accumulation and I'll try to get some more even though I don't have much money. That first bitcoin is resting in a paper wallet at a secure location. So I will always still have some.
they're millionaires by the least.
Thats allot of mining i have to do hehe... *sighs*
I really wonder how rich some of the earliest miners got. I myself got into the game pretty early and my winnings most likely pale in comparison.
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Lol good work del boy!
also, think about the investment sunk into btc mining. Makes me wonder how much an early asic board cost vs. it's estimated roi. nuts.
Wouldn't be surprised if Satoshi himself owns the largest bitcoin block. Anyone smart enough to create this revolutionary currency model would certainly be prescient enough to acquire the most bitcoins at the earliest stages and just allow time and the bitcoin model adoption to evolve and work for him. Would be interesting to track any sub-transactions related to that largest bitcoin block to see where bitcoins have been spent.
The earliest blocks would all be the same size: 50 BTC.
As for the ones after the genesis block, it's easy enough to see where they went (or didn't go) on the blockchain.
Wouldn't be surprised if Satoshi himself owns the largest bitcoin block. Anyone smart enough to create this revolutionary currency model would certainly be prescient enough to acquire the most bitcoins at the earliest stages and just allow time and the bitcoin model adoption to evolve and work for him. Would be interesting to track any sub-transactions related to that largest bitcoin block to see where bitcoins have been spent.
I find mining fucking tedious, I'd much rather sell stuff for Bitcoins and have fun on my computer and be known for that rather than talk about how many hashes I'm doing all day 
I think miners are becoming the new financial traders sometimes. If I were rich, I wouldn't let something like the blockchain show exactly how many Bitcoins I have and I'd transfer my stuff if I ever needed to in small amounts so it wouldn't be so easy to notice.
I think miners are becoming the new financial traders sometimes. If I were rich, I wouldn't let something like the blockchain show exactly how many Bitcoins I have and I'd transfer my stuff if I ever needed to in small amounts so it wouldn't be so easy to notice.
Makes you wish you could have started mining when it had started out
Well, the Winklevoss twins own a ton. Also, you better believe that Satoshi is sitting on a huge nest egg.
Those are just addresses. Multiple addresses could belong to the same person, and it is possible some of those larger addresses are businesses addresses held by the larger exchanges. (I haven't gone through and looked at them to see if they're "famous" other than having lots of BTC.)
It's somewhat more interesting to know who actually holds BTC. The Winklevoss Twins are probably the most famous previously wealthy BTC holders, but it's possible others, like Kim Dotcom or even more old school businesspeople like Bill Gates have some number of them. People like that would prefer to acquire a quantity clandestinely, when the price is low, then reveal themselves as heavy BTC investors just because their name alone would drive the price up.
It's somewhat more interesting to know who actually holds BTC. The Winklevoss Twins are probably the most famous previously wealthy BTC holders, but it's possible others, like Kim Dotcom or even more old school businesspeople like Bill Gates have some number of them. People like that would prefer to acquire a quantity clandestinely, when the price is low, then reveal themselves as heavy BTC investors just because their name alone would drive the price up.
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Greetings from Peckham!
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