What's the story behind the large (10+ BTC) sends to the famous empty-redeemScript example address in 2017?
What's the story behind the large (10+ BTC) sends to the famous empty-redeemScript example address in 2017?
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Author: Aaron Zhang
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The well-known anyone-can-spend example
3J98t1WpEZ73CNmQviecrnyiWrnqRhWNLy
received several large (10+ BTC) deposits in mid-late 2017 that were immediately swept. Most traffic to this address is tiny test/mistaken sends, so 10+ BTC stands out. Does anyone know the backstory of those large sends — mistaken transactions, deliberate burns, faucet/exchange errors, or something else? Trying to understand the funding side, not the sweeping
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