Long

2024

Bitcoin

Arkham

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The past few months have seen an unusual number of ancient&nbsp;<a href="https://u.today/bitcoin-suddenly-reclaims-64k-are-bulls-in-control" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin (BTC)</a> whales come back to life after years of dormancy. The new week in the crypto market has started with yet another one emerging from the crypt.
Thanks to a report from Whale Alert, dormant address "1PNRpMZ" containing 18 BTC has been activated after almost 11 years. The early Bitcoin investor, who was last active in November 2013, has transferred part of their coins to two other new addresses "3EgCi" and "15UaJb."
These may be test transactions, and the choice of address type is interesting, as usually such transfers happen to new type "bc1," but this particular investor chose the types 3 and 1 of <a href="https://u.today/michael-saylor-delivers-impressive-bitcoin-strategy-insight" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BTC</a> addresses.
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 💤 A dormant address containing 18 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BTC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#BTC</a> (1,132,682 USD) has just been activated after 10.9 years (worth 10,883 USD in 2013)!<a href="https://t.co/wsCwt15gZL" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/wsCwt15gZL</a>— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) <a href="https://twitter.com/whale_alert/status/1845571950828982492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">October 13, 2024</a>
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<h2 dir="ltr" id="what-s-happening">What's happening?</h2>
For those who do not know, Bitcoin addresses come in three main types: Legacy, Pay-to-Script hash and Bech32.&nbsp; <img alt="&quot;&quot;" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ad5a852d-601b-4038-b443-5c6223013e5d" src="https://u.today/sites/default/files/inline-images/btc_599.png">Source: <a href="https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/1PNRpMZYW9YRoLH6FkbzJtQFhygzkZdHkU" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Arkham Intelligence</a>
Long story short, Legacy addresses start with 1 and are in the original format offer basic functionality but less efficiency. P2SH addresses start with 3 and allow for more complex transactions, such as multi-signature wallets. Bech32 addresses, starting with bc1, are the latest format, optimized for Segregated Witness (SegWit) transactions, offering lower fees, better scalability and improved network efficiency.
Thus, our early investor opted for the original 1 format of&nbsp;<a href="https://u.today/saylor-pitches-bitcoin-collection-to-christian-ronaldo" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin</a> addresses. Meanwhile, the bulk of their wallet, now estimated at $1.15 million, resides in the "1PNRp" address. Imagine that, in 2013, it cost the unknown investor only $10,883 to acquire 18 BTC, and now they see a 10,408% profit on their holdings.
On average, that is a 946.2% return on investment for every year held.

10,408% Profit Wakes up Ancient Bitcoin Whale

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