Seven Bitcoin addresses containing 50 BTC each, mined in March 2010, have come back to life after more than 16 years of inactivity. These seven wallets represent a total of approximately 28 million dollars at the current Bitcoin price, against a few cents of dollars at their creation when the BTC price was below 0.01 dollar. This operation represents a surreal return of 800 million percent over the period. This awakening is part of a current trend of multiplication of transfers from dormant Bitcoin addresses, including a transfer of nearly 6,000 BTC estimated at 380 million dollars last July. Some observers raise the hypothesis of a possible quantum attack or unauthorized access to these historical wallets.
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