Satoshi Nakamoto moves his 6.5 yr old bitcoins • Hacker News Board

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto moves his 6.5 yr old bitcoins

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Post by grubles » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:01 PM UTC

From the discussion in #bitcoin on freenode, this is just an elaborate trolling.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto moves his 6.5 yr old bitcoins

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Post by maxerickson » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:01 PM UTC

oxalo wrote: post #25

What's the possibility someone brute forced his private key?

Roughly 0.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto moves his 6.5 yr old bitcoins

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Post by jackgavigan » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:01 PM UTC

Looks like a false alarm. Other blockchain explorer sites/tools don't show this transaction:

Biteasy: https://www.biteasy.com/blockchain/addresses/12c6DSiU4Rq3P4Z...

Blockr: https://btc.blockr.io/address/info/12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxzrL5L...

Blocktrail: https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/address/12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxz...

WalletExplorer: https://www.walletexplorer.com/wallet/1cd472673f5a7d4f?from_...

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto moves his 6.5 yr old bitcoins

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Post by ChrisClark » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:02 PM UTC

It only appears to be recorded on blockchain.info. None of the other blockchain explorers seem to see it.

I'd hold off on the news until it's been confirmed.

Edit: Others have checked and can't find any of these transactions in the blockchain. Either a blockchain.info bug or hack at this point. Nothing has moved.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto moves his 6.5 yr old bitcoins

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Post by TomGullen » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:03 PM UTC

artursapek wrote: post #17

And the price tanks immediately: https://cryptowat.ch/bitfinex/btcusd/3min

That's not a tank, it's a $2 drop in price caused by ~600 BTC in volume. Just a thin order book (and arguably a good spot to buy in for a short term trade)

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto moves his 6.5 yr old bitcoins

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Post by c-slice » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:03 PM UTC

rainboiboi wrote: post #8

Someone kindly explain what's going on please?!

The anonymous inventor of bitcoin had a 50 bitcoin put into the first address in the blockchain. It's never been moved (because you can see when bitcoins get moved) but today he moved 50 bitcoin out of the account. We're not totally sure if it's him though, it could have been a bug or a malicious transaction.

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto moves his 6.5 yr old bitcoins

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:03 PM UTC

sprice wrote: post #16

Looks like a problem with Blockchain.info https://btc.blockr.io/address/info/12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxzrL5L... edit:// Reddit has more info: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3frht4/satoshi_naka...

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Re: Satoshi Nakamoto moves his 6.5 yr old bitcoins

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:04 PM UTC

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Re: Satoshi Nakamoto moves his 6.5 yr old bitcoins

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Post by 0x0 » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:04 PM UTC

ChrisClark wrote: post #34

It only appears to be recorded on blockchain.info. None of the other blockchain explorers seem to see it. I'd hold off on the news until it's been confirmed. Edit: Others have checked and can't find any of these transactions in the blockchain. Either a blockchain.info bug or hack at this point. Nothing has moved.

Would it be possible, just by looking at the blockchain.info website, to prove that whatever is going on is signed by someone with the private keys to these coins? If the transaction signatures validates, does it matter whether the they are accepted by the network - it would still prove "he's alive"?

Re: Satoshi Nakamoto moves his 6.5 yr old bitcoins

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Post by lisper » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:05 PM UTC

pmlamotte wrote: post #21

For those not aware, the original 50 coins sent to this address were generated from the genesis block, the first block on the blockchain. However, the transaction is still unconfirmed, so until it is this could be nothing. Market has been scared downwards though.

I don't understand. Either this transaction has a valid signature or it doesn't. If it does, then AFACIT the only possible way that it could not be confirmed sooner or later is if it's a double-spend. What am I missing?