An anonymous Bitcoin miner discovered his wallet with coins mined in 2010, as he messaged on the BitcoinTalk forum. In those times, the block reward was 50 BTC.
He opened the topic so far as ‘A newcomer returns after the long break’ and wrote he mined some Bitcoins when it was still possible to do using the GPU. Miner asked to advise him about moving BTC and BCH for selling.
Users gave him a few advices. The next day, 1000 BTC, which didn’t move from August-October 2010, get in motion. This event occurred the day before the market falldown, and at that time, the coins were worth almost $8 million in total. Nevertheless, the newcomer ignored a straightforward question about his relation to these transactions.
One of the forum members noted that some amount of these Bitcoins moved to Coinbase exchange.
The miner was also reminded he can claim BSV on his Bitcoins. The fact the newcomer did not mention his having BCH fork coins, probably indicates he didn’t actually participate in the cryptocurrency market for years.
When ending his topic, he wrote he thanked everyone for their advices and noted it was a grand comeback and the best welcome to get.
A significant number of coins mined in Bitcoin’s early past to get in motion is not a common thing. As of January, almost 60% of 18.14 million BTC, which existed at that time, has never moved. Let’s remind, the day after said 1000 BTC got in motion, the price of this cryptocurrency dropped down to $6000.