That was the bear whale. Vinny…
That was the bear whale. Vinny de falco. He got a ton of bitcoin that he bought from Martti Malmi who worked with satoshi for that full first year, almost alone, helping to secure the network and blocks flowing. Martti sold most of the btc at cost to get the system working, and the first exchange. Bear whale bought most of the coins and then stampeded the markets though dodgy means. He also then used a big chunk to start XRP with Jed. After the first 32k blocks in ripple went 'missing', which showed who all the major holders were, big names you know today. The thing was a joke. Jed left to start stellar. Bitcoin survived the bear whale, but only just. Props to martti who never once complained about it, but now humbly works on nostr, iris, snort and bitcoin. Two figures in bitcoin's history who were total opposites, and I hope history remembers it.