A Beginner’s Guide to Bitcoin Address Evolution

December 14, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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Bitcoin addresses are your wallet’s public identity, each with a unique purpose and evolution to match the growing needs of the cryptocurrency world. Unlocking Bitcoin’s Address Book: From P2PK to Taproot If you’re new to Bitcoin, understanding its address formats might feel like learning a new language. But fear not, because this informative editorial is […]

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Onchain Sleuths Discover Funds Linked to Alameda Swapped for ETH, USDT, BTC by a Mysterious Entity

December 28, 2022 Bitcoin.com

20176.84 BTC

On Dec. 27, 2022, a number of onchain researchers noticed that funds connected to Alameda Research and FTX have moved and have been swapped for other tokens. Reports show the hacker known as the ‘FTX Accounts Drainer,’ traded large sums of ERC20 tokens for digital assets like tether, ethereum, and bitcoin. Funds Tied to Sam […]

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$1.7M in Quadrigacx Bitcoins Move, Court Trustee EY Says Transfers Were ‘Unauthorized’

December 21, 2022 Bitcoin.com

$1.7 million

On Dec. 19, the Twitter account Zachxbt revealed he discovered five cold wallets from the now-defunct Quadrigacx crypto exchange move 104 bitcoin. The following day, ‘big four’ accountancy firm EY, Quadrigacx’s bankruptcy court trustee, explained it did not authorize the spending of the funds and that prior reports detailed that the cold wallets were inaccessible […]

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Onchain Analysis Verifies the Number of BTC Held by Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust

November 24, 2022 Bitcoin.com

633K bitcoin

After Grayscale Investments shared information concerning the company’s product holdings, people questioned why the firm wouldn’t share the public addresses associated with the crypto assets it holds. However, on Nov. 23, OXT researcher Ergo published a Twitter thread featuring onchain forensics that confirm Coinbase Custody holds a balance of 633K bitcoin that likely belongs to […]

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Number of Addresses Holding BTC Taps 40 Million, Non-Zero Bitcoin Address Metric Grew 92% Since 2018

March 25, 2022 Bitcoin.com

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While bitcoin has risen in value in recent times, jumping 8% during the last seven days, statistics show that the number of addresses holding bitcoin has surpassed 40 million addresses. Metrics from the analytics web portal intotheblock.com show addresses that hold any fraction of bitcoin tapped a 30-day high on March 24, reaching 40.25 million […]

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