By Isaac • October 9, 2026 12:37 am •
A batch of Bitcoin mined when the network was barely a year old moved this week after sitting untouched for more than 16 years. The transfer is remarkable, but it is not proof that the owner sold.
The movement involved 100.02 BTC connected to two mining rewards from July 2010. At the time of the transfer, the coins were worth roughly $8.3 million to $8.5 million, depending on the market snapshot.
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Decrypt reported that the transaction confirmed on October 7 and split the balance into two new outputs: 10 BTC and about 90.02 BTC. Both remained unspent when the transaction was reviewed, so the public record showed movement without a follow-on transfer to a known exchange.
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