A pair of legendary Casascius physical bitcoins just woke up from a 13-year slumber. The wallets, collectively holding 2,000 BTC, suddenly showed their first on-chain activity since being minted over a decade ago.



For those unfamiliar, Casascius coins were physical bitcoin collectibles created in the early days—each embedded with a private key. These particular coins have remained untouched through multiple bull and bear cycles, making this movement especially noteworthy.

What triggered the sudden transfer after all these years? Speculation's running wild. Could be an early adopter finally cashing out, an inheritance situation, or maybe someone just rediscovered their cold storage. At current prices, we're talking about a stash worth tens of millions.

The crypto archaeology community is definitely watching this one closely. Long-dormant whale wallets moving always gets people talking—especially when they've been frozen since Bitcoin's early experimental phase.
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ForkThisDAOvip
· 6h ago
Damn, coins from 13 years ago suddenly became active? This guy must have incredible patience.
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MelonFieldvip
· 6h ago
Damn, 2,000 Bitcoins from 2013 that hadn't moved suddenly became active? What kind of strong mentality does it take to resist moving them for so long?
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HalfBuddhaMoneyvip
· 6h ago
Damn, coins from 13 years ago suddenly moved? It must take some insanely diamond hands to hold on for that long.
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NullWhisperervip
· 6h ago
ngl the physical coin angle here is actually interesting—technically speaking, those private keys have been exposed to air for over a decade. vulnerability surface just keeps expanding the longer they sit. wonder if the owner even remembers the full attack surface they're dealing with.
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