The World’s Largest Bitcoin Address is Worth $17.5 Billion

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This graphic ranks the 15 most valuable Bitcoin addresses globally, based on BitInfoCharts’ Bitcoin Rich List (see source tab).

What's a Bitcoin Address?

A Bitcoin address is sort of like an email address for your digital currency. It's a string of letters and numbers that allows people send Bitcoin directly to a Bitcoin wallet.

Bitcoin addresses themselves are publicly available information. Anyone can see them, kind of like how phonebook listings used to be public. This transparency is part of how Bitcoin works.

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According to BitInfoCharts, the world's biggest Bitcoin address dates back to October 2018, with a balance of 0.1 BTC (worth $660 at the time).

Since then, it has seen several massive swings in value, reaching 180,000 BTC ($1.7B) in November 2019, then falling to 1,370 BTC ($9.4M) in April 2020.

Beginning in late 2020, this address began accumulating Bitcoin at a rapid pace, reaching 300,000 BTC ($10.3B) in July 2021.

Since January 2023, its BTC balance has remained constant at around 248,597 BTC.