8,400 bitcoin

[tonyq]

I was just sitting watching and listening to the bitcoin transactions at  http://www.bitlisten.com/ when, at around 02.12 am GMT, the biggest bubble I've ever seen there appeared and filled the screen.
It was a payment of 8,400 btc
Good Grief.....that's around 2 million dollars!
Way to go!
 

[tonyq]

I hope the wallets were backed up!
 

[bigasic]

It was probably an exchange moving coins to cold storage or something. Its pretty fun to watch. every time I see a huge transfer of hundreds of thousands or millions worth of coin get transferred, i always wonder who is behind it. Some addresses are easy to track, like a known exchange address or the original btc address of silk road.. Its amazing sometimes to see the amount transfered.

I think its connected to the blockchain, correct?

[solitude]

[bryant.coleman]

Probably that was Bitstamp moving coins from one wallet to another, like moving it from cold storage to hot wallet or vice versa. Looking at the daily trade volumes, it is highly unlikely that an individual would have traded that many coins in one go.

I hope the wallets were backed up!
 

Tell this to the Bitstamp guys.

[Amph]

Probably that was Bitstamp moving coins from one wallet to another, like moving it from cold storage to hot wallet or vice versa. Looking at the daily trade volumes, it is highly unlikely that an individual would have traded that many coins in one go.

I hope the wallets were backed up!
 

Tell this to the Bitstamp guys.

unless he is an early adopter, that was tired of waiting, or just an hacker that stole those coins from innocents users

8k isn't that much for many

[crazyivan]

Yes, we sometimes forget how rich are these guys who started mining in 2009. Having 10k, 20k, 50k BTC, just for leaving your PC on for a few months to mine some magic coins. What an opportunity that was!!!

[TYT]

I was just sitting watching and listening to the bitcoin transactions at  http://www.bitlisten.com/...

You were sat watching/listening to bitcoin transactions? Why? I think you need help  .

[redsn0w]

I was just sitting watching and listening to the bitcoin transactions at  http://www.bitlisten.com/ when, at around 02.12 am GMT, the biggest bubble I've ever seen there appeared and filled the screen.
It was a payment of 8,400 btc
Good Grief.....that's around 2 million dollars!
Way to go!
 

Have you never "seen" this transaction? https://blockchain.info/it/tx/29a3efd3ef04f9153d47a990bd7b048a4b2d213daaa5fb8ed670fb85f13bdbcf

550'000 bitcoin moved in one transaction, it is from 2011 and those bitcoins are over on mt.gox

[Jeremycoin]

I just saw BTC225.95 , good site BTW. Thx for sharing

[tonyq]

I was just sitting watching and listening to the bitcoin transactions at  http://www.bitlisten.com/...

You were sat watching/listening to bitcoin transactions? Why? I think you need help  .

It's the sounds, they hypnotise me!
I find it very relaxing.
But, yes, I am rather a sad individual.
 

[tonyq]

LOL

[tonyq]

I was just sitting watching and listening to the bitcoin transactions at  http://www.bitlisten.com/ when, at around 02.12 am GMT, the biggest bubble I've ever seen there appeared and filled the screen.
It was a payment of 8,400 btc
Good Grief.....that's around 2 million dollars!
Way to go!
 

Have you never "seen" this transaction? https://blockchain.info/it/tx/29a3efd3ef04f9153d47a990bd7b048a4b2d213daaa5fb8ed670fb85f13bdbcf

550'000 bitcoin moved in one transaction, it is from 2011 and those bitcoins are over on mt.gox

Never seen that before.....incredible.
The bubble would have filled my room, let alone my screen!

[CoinTop]

Wow most I have seen is a 500 bitcoin transaction.

[gogxmagog]

I remember that site from way back 2012! The creator sold it and everybody freaked because they didn't know if the new owner was trust worthy, like malware and the likes. Looks like it's kosher.
Good.
I always liked that website. During the big boom it was bananas. Those were the days!
I hope he builds a iOS version.

[ensurance982]

It's only worth that much for you if you haven't gotten into the game back in 2010 or 2011! I always imagine the early adopters still considering their amount to be wort a couple hundred USD or something....

[crazyivan]

It's only worth that much for you if you haven't gotten into the game back in 2010 or 2011! I always imagine the early adopters still considering their amount to be wort a couple hundred USD or something....

If you had 5000k BTC in late 2012 and early 2013 when the price went up, would you sell?

[AtheistAKASaneBrain]

It's only worth that much for you if you haven't gotten into the game back in 2010 or 2011! I always imagine the early adopters still considering their amount to be wort a couple hundred USD or something....

If you had 5000k BTC in late 2012 and early 2013 when the price went up, would you sell?

It's impossible to know when is the right moment to sell, but I would have sold at 1k because its a nice psychological barrier.

[Amph]

It's only worth that much for you if you haven't gotten into the game back in 2010 or 2011! I always imagine the early adopters still considering their amount to be wort a couple hundred USD or something....

If you had 5000k BTC in late 2012 and early 2013 when the price went up, would you sell?

anyone with that amount would have sold at 10 dollars too, too much bitcoin to handle, let alone at 1k in 2013

[abyrnes81]

It's only worth that much for you if you haven't gotten into the game back in 2010 or 2011! I always imagine the early adopters still considering their amount to be wort a couple hundred USD or something....

If you had 5000k BTC in late 2012 and early 2013 when the price went up, would you sell?

anyone with that amount would have sold at 10 dollars too, too much bitcoin to handles, let alone at 1k in 2013

This is normal, because no one can really predict the future but 5'000 BTC * 10 $ = 50'000 dollars < then 5'000 BTC * 1'000 $ =  5'000'000 dollars this is the real difference. Bitcoin is a really good thing (if you were one of the first who found it).