{"id":70466,"date":"2026-02-03T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=70466"},"modified":"2026-02-03T00:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:01:38","slug":"did-satoshi-nakamoto-sell-10000-bitcoin-for-800-million-heres-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=70466","title":{"rendered":"Did Satoshi Nakamoto Sell 10,000 Bitcoin For $800 Million? Here\u2019s The Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A viral post on the social media platform X recently claimed that Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, just sold 10,000 BTC. An attached screenshot purported to show on-chain data supporting the claim, and the rumor quickly garnered attention on the social media platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The ramifications of such a sale are huge because Nakamoto\u2019s stash is untouched going back to the earliest days of Bitcoin mining. However, a closer look into blockchain records tells a very different story.<\/p>\n

Investigating The Rumor Of Satoshi Nakamoto\u2019s Bitcoin Sale<\/h2>\n

According to a post on X<\/a> by a crypto account with the username Discover, Satoshi Nakamoto recently moved 10,000 BTC from its long-dormant wallet. The report suggests that over $760 million worth of Bitcoin had been sold by its creator, a move that could cause further harm to its price action, which is already fragile and trading with prevailing bearish momentum.<\/a><\/p>\n

The image shared with the rumor appears to be taken from Arkham Intelligence, a popular on-chain analytics platform. The screenshot, which is shown below, highlights the outflow of 10,000 BTC into account \u2018bc1qcj,\u2019 with the last transfer being 12 years ago.<\/p>\n

However, the records in this screenshot do not align with the real ledger of Bitcoin transactions. Closer inspection of on-chain transactions on Arkham Intelligence shows there is no evidence<\/a> of a single transfer of 10,000 BTC attributed to at least one known address linked to Nakamoto.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The real data shows no outflow from Nakamoto\u2019s wallets for over 12 years. Instead, small fractions of Bitcoin, almost negligible in the context of Satoshi\u2019s holdings, have been flowing in. These tiny movements are likely dust or micro-transactions occurring as part of normal blockchain activity, with the last being an inflow of 0.0000329 six days ago.<\/p>\n

Why The Rumor?<\/h2>\n

The identity and actions of Satoshi Nakamoto have always been a source of speculation<\/a> among crypto investors. Nakamoto is the largest holder of Bitcoin, believed to have mined somewhere around 1 million Bitcoin in the early years of the network, but he has been quiet since April 2011.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Therefore, any suggestion that those coins have suddenly started moving is enough to grab headlines and cause reactions.<\/a> That context likely contributed to why this post attracted enough views quickly, even though the data was inaccurate. Data from Arkham Intelligence shows Nakamoto\u2019s BTC wallets currently hold 1.096 million BTC, which are worth $84.3 billion.<\/p>\n

Notably, Bitcoin\u2019s price itself has been trending through significant volatility. Over the past few days, Bitcoin has dipped to levels near this cycle\u2019s lows, trading around the mid-$70,000 range,<\/a> close to the lowest levels since April 2025. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $76,872, having recently reached an intraday low of $74,591, according to data from CoinGecko.<\/p>\n

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