Re: Why would someone send 4 BTC to Satoshi (Genesis block)
Just wondering why someone would send 4BTC to the Genesis block which is over $75K.
Here is the transaction
https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/6805b175260c47549995c3ff19c3c51596651c26269e9f1b31c243986433a0b7
I understand many want to send a small amount so they can get a piece of history on the block chain but sending over $75K which is pretty much a burn address since most likely it will never get spent is kind of crazy.
Why do you think they did this?
Here is the transaction
https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/6805b175260c47549995c3ff19c3c51596651c26269e9f1b31c243986433a0b7
I understand many want to send a small amount so they can get a piece of history on the block chain but sending over $75K which is pretty much a burn address since most likely it will never get spent is kind of crazy.
Why do you think they did this?
Bored rich people playing games to get attention and yet remain anonymous? I do not know. If I had billions of dollars I would send everyone on Bitcointalk a nice number of Bitcoin.
It is possible that they messed up and were trying to actually send the 0.00525500BTC amount to that address which is about 90 bucks but they set that amount to the change and the change (4BTC) to Genesis address which already contains 22.57BTC!
P.S. coins sent there are not burnt though, Satoshi may some day decide to spend them
P.S. coins sent there are not burnt though, Satoshi may some day decide to spend them
If Satoshi is even alive still. ...
That is a bit of a horrible thought, is it not? Satoshi dies without anyone ever knowing who he was in the end.