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Quote from: crazyivan on June 04, 2015, 02:08:51 PM

TOP 100 will do everything in their power to preserve their privacy. Wouldn't you do the same?

Right now the only source for finding out the Bitcoin HNW and UHNW individuals may be rpietila's thread (not updated since April 2014, it seems):

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/distribution-of-bitcoin-wealth-by-owner-316297

I know it is not very accurate, but right now it is the only source which I can find here in Bitcointalk.

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Quote from: crazyivan on June 04, 2015, 02:08:51 PM

TOP 100 will do everything in their power to preserve their privacy. Wouldn't you do the same?

No. I wish I was on that list and I'd go around telling everyone I was if I was.
That's like a badge of honor. Anyway, maybe one day never I'll get on that list. Or if I with the lottery.
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Quote from: crazyivan on June 04, 2015, 02:08:51 PM

TOP 100 will do everything in their power to preserve their privacy. Wouldn't you do the same?

Was not Risto trying to make a list of biggest Bitcoin holders. It is somewhere on this forum.But eventually he gave up since realized is way from reality. No one will just admit yes i have this much BTC.

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TOP 100 will do everything in their power to preserve their privacy. Wouldn't you do the same?

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Quote from: RodeoX on June 04, 2015, 12:27:04 PM

I hate to ruin all the fun but none of us really knows who has what. The balances at various addresses are facts, who owns them is nothing more than a guess.

thats the problem with the top 100 addresses most of those address have been lost well i would stay about 60% of those have been lost or belong to a exchange

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That's just the address list. If we know who the address owners are, that would be great

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I hate to ruin all the fun but none of us really knows who has what. The balances at various addresses are facts, who owns them is nothing more than a guess.

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Quote from: manselr on June 04, 2015, 10:50:24 AM

It's impossible to know who owns who. There are probably pretty anonymous millionaires out there that were doing the right thing at the right time and bought a couple hundred thousands for a couple dollars in the very early days and are right now retired in some flashy island. Is quite annoying not being one of those people.

You should remember that it was extremely difficult in 2009 and 2010 to purchase Bitcoins. The easiest option was barter, just like Jarcos, who got BTC10,000 in exchange for two Papa John's pizzas from Laszlo Hanyecz (in 2010). Only in the mid-2011 it became somewhat easier to purchase the coins. But by that time, the exchange rate was already around 1BTC = $10.

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It's impossible to know who owns who. There are probably pretty anonymous millionaires out there that were doing the right thing at the right time and bought a couple hundred thousands for a couple dollars in the very early days and are right now retired in some flashy island. Is quite annoying not being one of those people.

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Quote from: achow101 on June 03, 2015, 04:18:24 PM

There is an entire website that lists which addresses own the most Bitcoin. You can find it here: https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html

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Quote from: TheRealSteve on June 03, 2015, 08:28:56 PM

Quote from: valkir on June 03, 2015, 07:52:31 PM

Why does the balance on blockchain.info is not the same?? All the richlist address are almost empty on blockchain?

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/why-are-some-p2sh-addresses-listed-as-unrelated-standard-addresses-938903

thanks for this. Changed the site to accurate one.

How come I cant see satoshi's 1M btc on that list?

Satoshi's coins are probably distributed to many addresses and not just pooled in only one address. There is an assumption that he holds over 1 million coins because during the early days, he was the sole miner in the network.

As for the OP, there isn't even a single correlation to an address with any personal information of people. You will only know that this person holds X amount of coins only if that person decides to put his/her address together with his/her personal identity (e.g. the profile on bitcointalk where in you can place your address together with your profile.)

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I love Switzerland. When you have your money in a bank there, unlike BTC, there's little risk that some dirty guy will be able to find out how much you have. Regarding BTC, even though I don't have many, I have 6 different wallets. I've never liked people lurking.

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on June 04, 2015, 03:31:21 AM

Quote from: dollarneed on June 03, 2015, 11:34:52 PM

woow its a huge bitcoin,oh man is that satoshi is covered on forbes as a milioner?

Nope. Forbes can't list Satoshi as a billionaire, even if the exchange rate climbs to $5,000 per coin. Right now it is not sure whether "Satoshi" is a single individual, or a group of individuals. Also, it is not known for sure whether he is having access (i.e possessing the private key) to his Bitcoin stash. First of all, it is not even known whether he is dead or alive.

Or if he/she/they were/weren't just a cog in the wheel for "them."

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Quote from: dollarneed on June 03, 2015, 11:34:52 PM

woow its a huge bitcoin,oh man is that satoshi is covered on forbes as a milioner?

Nope. Forbes can't list Satoshi as a billionaire, even if the exchange rate climbs to $5,000 per coin. Right now it is not sure whether "Satoshi" is a single individual, or a group of individuals. Also, it is not known for sure whether he is having access (i.e possessing the private key) to his Bitcoin stash. First of all, it is not even known whether he is dead or alive.

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Quote from: grendel25 on June 03, 2015, 10:58:38 PM

At one time, the FBI held the distinction for single largest holding of bitcoin after the SilkRoad raid. But I think they've auctioned them off since then.

Tim Draper bought a big chunk of the bitcoins that were seized and auctioned off.

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Quote from: blablaace on June 03, 2015, 04:16:05 PM

Who are the world's biggest Bitcoin holders in 2015??

Top ten list??

Obviously Satoshi, Gavin Andreesen, Roger Ver, Dustin Trammel, probably Mark Karpeles too after he stole all those coins from Mt.Gox.

Can anyone add to the list?

you forgot the twins, last time i checked they were around 100k, dunno if they dumped something in the 1200 peak(probably many rich holders dumped there) or if they have more now

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If I was in a position to be one of them, I would most certainly not link any of my bitcoin addresses. I would have 1000's of paper wallets with small amounts.

You do not need that type of attention or spotlight on you, if you were loaded with coins.

I had access to a Bitcoin vending machine a while ago, and I bought coins and used seperate paper wallets. {There was NO personal information required to buy it, so I bought a few and I split it up}

Those paper wallets {BIP-38 protected} cannot be traced back to me. {Never been online} and single transactions. {No cross links}

If these guys has done the same, they would stay anonymous, until they use it. Wink

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Quote from: achow101 on June 03, 2015, 04:18:24 PM

There is an entire website that lists which addresses own the most Bitcoin. You can find it here: https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html

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Quote from: TheRealSteve on June 03, 2015, 08:28:56 PM

Quote from: valkir on June 03, 2015, 07:52:31 PM

Why does the balance on blockchain.info is not the same?? All the richlist address are almost empty on blockchain?

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/why-are-some-p2sh-addresses-listed-as-unrelated-standard-addresses-938903

thanks for this. Changed the site to accurate one.

How come I cant see satoshi's 1M btc on that list?

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So it seems to be true then that the distribution of bitcions is very concentrated to a few individuals. This doesn't have to be a bad thing. If you think about it the holders are not likely to dump large quantities. Even an idiot would not kill the goose that lays the golden eggs like that. There must be some "lost" coins as well, like that poor guy who accidentally threw away his hard drive. So if you assume that the large owners will not willingly cause a crash, then what you have is an artificially created shortage of bitcoins. This should make the price go up more quickly then it would otherwise, but it should also increase the volatility of price. Smaller dumps would effect the price more than they might otherwise with a larger supply of available coins.

I am not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing, but when I was young the t.v. taught me that knowing is half the battle. So I guess it is a good thing?

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on June 03, 2015, 11:12:06 PM

Quote from: grendel25 on June 03, 2015, 10:58:38 PM

At one time, the FBI held the distinction for single largest holding of bitcoin after the SilkRoad raid. But I think they've auctioned them off since then.

Wrong. At no point of time, the FBI was in the possession of more than BTC200,000. On the other hand, Satoshi's Bitcoin holdings are estimated to be worth some BTC980,000. So Satoshi has remained as the single largest holder of Bitcoin, ever since the mining started in 2009. Whether he has got the private keys to all of his coins is another question.

woow its a huge bitcoin,oh man is that satoshi is covered on forbes as a milioner?

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Quote from: achow101 on June 03, 2015, 04:18:24 PM

There is an entire website that lists which addresses own the most Bitcoin. You can find it here: https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html

It's just the Top Richest Addresses, I believe some people may split they coins to different addresses, so the real rich one is hard to found.

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