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Topic: Who are some people publicly known to hold more than 100,000 btc? (Read 5891 times)

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satoshi's mined coin won't be spent, we can roughly say total supply is 20M.

One day it might be??

it could easily be spent.. satoshi could just donate it to a libertarian or charitable cause. we'd know who the recipient is, but not the sender's real identity.

think about it: you're satoshi and you're cautious about keeping your privacy.. you know that these BTC are sitting there doing nothing.. and it would be extremely difficult to get those coins out of your pocket, so you'd just donate it.

at least this is what i'd be thinking if i were satoshi.
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satoshi's mined coin won't be spent, we can roughly say total supply is 20M.

One day it might be??


I agree with that, who knows

Again, I don't get it.  Why do you people keep saying this?  For what reason will 900 million dollars not be spent (today's price).  I just don't get it. 
full member
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satoshi's mined coin won't be spent, we can roughly say total supply is 20M.

One day it might be??


I agree with that, who knows
legendary
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satoshi's mined coin won't be spent, we can roughly say total supply is 20M.

One day it might be??
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What is the problem of people finding out who Satoshi is?  Did he do something illegal?  I know about the link to DPR, but other than that, why wouldn't he eventually come out?
sr. member
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What about Richy B ?
legendary
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Energy is Wealth
Where does this list come from? Are the amounts verified or are they just people claiming to have that much?
look at the 3rd post
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They are so rich now, and getting richer every day
donator
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These are people that, at one point, but not necessarily now, had that amount of coin in their possession. I've never really been a fan of these lists because they contain both a voyeuristic aspect and they infer trust when it might not be warranted.

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he's the kind of guy who doesn't want to get caught, everybody is watching those blocks, if spent, his identity will be revealed in no time. He probably bought coins in 15,000 chunks on the early days and living on that instead.

There are ways around this if you trust the right individuals within the Bitcoin community, honestly. Additionally, virgin coin would probably sell at a premium. It's not like people are going to torture trusted members of this community just to find out Satoshi's identity. It'd be really hard to do that and get away with it.

I think you are correct though, it'd just be easier to buy thousands of coin early on and then quit your day job after a few years and act like you were just an "early adopter" like everyone else.
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newbie
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Where does this list come from? Are the amounts verified or are they just people claiming to have that much?
legendary
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13.  BTC100,000. "mezzomix"

Would be nice. Unfortunately this number is wrong.
hero member
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Me . I own 125,000 BTC.

Can we be friends? 

Im not kidding.
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FBI, maybe NSA
legendary
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Bitcoin
Me . I own 125,000 BTC.
full member
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If a small potion of the population have all the bitcoins people would just mine alt currency
hero member
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he's the kind of guy who doesn't want to get caught, everybody is watching those blocks, if spent, his identity will be revealed in no time. He probably bought coins in 15,000 chunks on the early days and living on that instead.

He could donate them to charity. Start up autonomous businesses.
sr. member
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if i were satoshi, and i knew that people were closely watching my wallet/blocks, i'd just donate the money.

Actually, having some sort of an ongoing global lotto with somewhat better odds than typical ones might create enough interest in the world's populations that they would not necessarily want the solution to be attacked.  Might help out with the GINI index problem to to a small degree.




If I were him, I would set up my own Nobel-like competition. It would be a great way to use some of his soon-to-be vast wealth for the good of the world.
sr. member
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What would happen to the market if the FBI dumped all those Bitcoins to the market in one go?
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he's the kind of guy who doesn't want to get caught, everybody is watching those blocks, if spent, his identity will be revealed in no time. He probably bought coins in 15,000 chunks on the early days and living on that instead.
What is the address? Id like to watch it from time to time :O
legendary
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if i were satoshi, and i knew that people were closely watching my wallet/blocks, i'd just donate the money.

Actually, having some sort of an ongoing global lotto with somewhat better odds than typical ones might create enough interest in the world's populations that they would not necessarily want the solution to be attacked.  Might help out with the GINI index problem to to a small degree.

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