I noticed an interesting story that has resurfaced in the crypto community. The question of how many bitcoins Satoshi Nakamoto has is becoming more and more relevant as the BTC price grows. In fact, this isn’t just idle curiosity—it has to do with one of the largest cryptocurrency holdings in history.

Imagine this: the person who set all of this in motion mined approximately 1.096 million bitcoins between January and July 2009. Back then, the block reward was 50 BTC, and Satoshi appears to have been the most active miner in those early stages. What’s interesting is that there are theories—he could have mined even more, but allegedly intentionally limited his mining output, giving others a chance. Although this is only a theory.

Now, to the main question: how many bitcoins does the creator of the first cryptocurrency have in monetary terms? With the current price of around 76K per coin, that’s approximately $83–84 billion. For comparison, Bill Gates—one of the richest people on the planet—has about $115 billion. In other words, Satoshi’s asset value is near his, and it might even be higher if you account for volatility.

Серхио Демиан Лернер, a security and cryptocurrency specialist, carried out serious research. He developed the so-called model Патоши—an analysis of block patterns mined from early January 2009 to January 2010. Lerner found that one mining farm mined thousands of blocks in a row, earning about a million BTC in block rewards. He suggested that this was Satoshi himself, naming this scheme the model Патоши.

But what’s truly mysterious is this: Satoshi vanished from view in 2010. Since then, there hasn’t been a single movement of these coins. Not a single transaction. Nothing. Most of the crypto community believes he simply died. That means that roughly 1.096 million BTC are, in essence, lost money. Although some still hope the creator is alive and will return someday.

Honestly, the idea that the number of bitcoins Satoshi Nakamoto might hold could be dumped onto the market causes panic. It would be a market crash that it might not survive. But most believe this won’t happen. Some even joke that Satoshi is a collective pseudonym for regulators who created BTC. The truth is, that sounds like a good conspiracy theory.

In any case, the question of how many bitcoins Satoshi Nakamoto has and where they are remains one of the greatest mysteries in the crypto industry. And it seems it will stay unsolved for a long time.