tb303
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- Dec 18, 2011
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...and they've called CSW out 
Look at this paste.
https://paste.debian.net/plain/1148565
There are over a hundred btc addresses listed that are from 2009. The right hand column is a hash of a the message signed with with the private key for that address. So whoevers done this has access to quite a lot of btc there but they have chosen just to send a message.
You can verify this yourself. Take a random address from the list, its corresponding hash string and the message itself and paste it in here:
https://tools.qz.sg/
For example this address
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1LXUhX4tXfWGekjucDASYWSsPzYLhYM282
contains 50 btc mined on 17th december 2009. Never moved since.

Now Im not saying this is Satoshi. These are addresses listed in the Craig Wright vs Kleinman case that were claimed to be part of the so called tulip trust. This is a miner from 2009 sending a loud message for the court to hear.
IMO the main takeaway from this is that the amount of old BTC that has been lost forever is probably way over estimated.
Craig Steven Wright is a liar and a fraud. He doesn't have the keys used to sign this message.
The Lightning Network is a significant achievement. However, we need to continue work on improving on-chain capacity.
Unfortunately, the solution is not to just change a constant in the code or to allow powerful participants to force out others.
We are all Satoshi
Look at this paste.
https://paste.debian.net/plain/1148565
There are over a hundred btc addresses listed that are from 2009. The right hand column is a hash of a the message signed with with the private key for that address. So whoevers done this has access to quite a lot of btc there but they have chosen just to send a message.
You can verify this yourself. Take a random address from the list, its corresponding hash string and the message itself and paste it in here:
https://tools.qz.sg/
For example this address
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1LXUhX4tXfWGekjucDASYWSsPzYLhYM282
contains 50 btc mined on 17th december 2009. Never moved since.

Now Im not saying this is Satoshi. These are addresses listed in the Craig Wright vs Kleinman case that were claimed to be part of the so called tulip trust. This is a miner from 2009 sending a loud message for the court to hear.
IMO the main takeaway from this is that the amount of old BTC that has been lost forever is probably way over estimated.