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195K Bitcoin Transaction

Posted by Unknown on from the found-bitsmaug's-bitcave dept.

First time accepted submitter saidi writes "The Washington Post reports that yesterday a truly massive Bitcoin transaction occurred, from the article: 'In this particular transaction, bitcoins from 15 different Bitcoin addresses were consolidated and sent to address 12sENwECeRSmTeDwyLNqwh47JistZqFmW8. The size of the transaction? 194,993 bitcoins. Given that one bitcoin is worth around $800 right now, the transaction is valued at more than $150 million.'" A researcher did a bit of digging, and it appears that this was the Bitstamp exchange moving their balance around (business appears brisk).

2 of 167 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I think I will stop reading slashdot....... by Pseudonym+Authority · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, I cannot allow that. Even if you leave Slashdot for whatever shitty site that is, I will come to your house, put a gun to your head, and force you to read Bitcoin stories much like Unknown Lamer does here. You must read them. This is not an option. If you had a choice, there would be some sort of summary on the front page with a link instead of how it is now where every bitcoin story locks your browser and won't let you navigate away unless you post.

  2. Re:Iran/Contra 2.0 by M.+Baranczak · · Score: 3, Funny

    How do you streal something that disappears after a magnet is passed over it?

    Are we talking about Bitcoins, or music?