The Ghost at #1: Satoshi's 1.1M BTC
One entity mined an estimated ~1.1 million BTC in 2009-2010 and has never spent a single coin.
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- The Patoshi Pattern: Researcher Sergio Lerner traced a single miner's nonce fingerprint across early blocks to ~1.1M BTC.
- Why the Coins Never Moved: Lost keys or deliberate silence? Satoshi's identified addresses have sat untouched since 2010.
- The Price Bomb If They Ever Move: ~1.1M BTC is about 5% of the fixed 21M cap, so any transfer would be the market's ultimate stress test.
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