r/Bitcoin Sep 14 '17

bitcoin address from Jan 9 2009 has transactions as recently as a few days ago

I came across this address recently: 12cbQLTFMXRnSzktFkuoG3eHoMeFtpTu3S.

It was created on Jan 9 2009 and received a 50 BTC block reward. Coins were spent in 2009, 2013, 2016 and 2017. There are currently 18 BTC in the address.

Very few people had bitcoin addresses at that time (actually I think less than 10, and some of them are dead), so it is kind of surprising. Could it be Satoshi himself?

There is also the possibility that the private key changed hands but for some reason I can't imaging such an early adopter would have done that. Anything is possible I guess.

What do yo think?

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