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HF! George on Cryptos are us said on his evening podcast last night that one of Satoshi’s genesis wallets received 27 #bitcoin. I didn’t realize that one didn’t need the private keys to send to a wallet, only to spend from it.
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The Daniel 🖖 2y ago

The sender needs to sign with their private key, but in this case it was Binance.

The best part is it’s essentially a burn address, since this address can never be spent from. People have sent tips to it over the years like a wishing well.

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Nice and Kind Vic 2y ago

False.

The address can be spent from by whomever has a corresponding private key.

Checksum for the address checks out from RIPEMD160 result so good chance a private key leads to it

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The Daniel 🖖 2y ago

Unless Satoshi was a 3-letter agency, there is no chance in my mind that the key was saved.

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Nice and Kind Vic 2y ago

Agrees. On a long enough timeline though, that key can be discovered.

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 2y ago

you got a hundred thousand years?