People often make wishes to gods by putting money into a wishing well or a merit box. In fact, there is also such a wishing well in the world of cryptocurrency. It is very hidden and only a few people know about it.
This wishing well has no water and no statues. It is just a very special public address where Bitcoin believers around the world come back to make pilgrimages and wishes:
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Let's talk about this address today.
In human history and culture, the moment of creation is often completed by gods and is regarded as the starting point of all things. Therefore, wishes are often expressed to gods in the hope that they will be heard. The currency circle is no exception. The above address is the "Genesis Address" of the Bitcoin world. The reward address of the first block mined by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009 is this Genesis Address. It is the historical starting point of the entire Bitcoin world and is also considered to be the closest place to "God".
Information of the genesis address on Blockchan.com
This address not only has a special identity, but also a special structure.
Balance changes of the genesis address on the Bitcoin browser
This is different from the wishing well in reality. Most temples use the money they receive for operation and maintenance. Of course, this is also questioned by many believers whether the money is considered misappropriated. In the cryptocurrency circle, this concern is completely gone.
A black hole-like address, no one can take your "incense money".
At the same time, this genesis address should only have 50 bitcoins of mining rewards, but now we can see that this address has accumulated 103.03 bitcoins, which means that from 2009 to now, 53.03 bitcoins have been deposited by pilgrims from all over the world. Now these 103.03 bitcoins are impossible to enter the circulation field forever, so the actual circulation of bitcoins is less than 21 million.
Finally, let's take a look at the pilgrimages from people all over the world.
This is the latest transaction record at the time of writing. We can see that there is a transfer every day and every hour. The amount of each transfer is roughly between US$0.6 and US$5, which means that everyone's incense money is roughly between 4.5 yuan and 38 yuan.
It feels that this is a lot less than the money we Chinese burn incense. It's a pity that the cryptocurrency circle does not have the rule of burning incense and praying for blessings like our first incense stick, otherwise it may be more.
If we block all transfers less than $100, we can see the following table:
In addition to most transfers that are still less than 0.01 bitcoin, there was a transfer of up to 26.91 bitcoins on January 16, 2024. According to the bitcoin price of $43,600 on that day, this incense money was as high as 8.44 million yuan.
What kind of wish can't be solved by 8.44 million? Maybe it's a relationship problem.
So if you burn incense, what wish will you make?
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