Someone just sent 2.565 $BTC to Satoshi Nakamoto’s Genesis address 🚨
Here’s what actually happened:
On February 7, 2026, at 00:04 UTC, an unusual transaction hit the most famous Bitcoin address ever:
1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa
The Genesis address.
The exact amount sent was:
2.56536737 BTC
That’s around $181,000 at ~$70,600 per BTC.
This could be basically a tribute.
Or a burn.
- The Genesis wallet is special
This address has existed since January 3, 2009.
The first block.
The start of Bitcoin.
It has now received a total of: 107.10 BTC
Worth about $7.6 million.
And it has never sent anything out.
Over 56,000 transactions have been sent there.
- Who sent it?
That’s the mystery.
Someone just sent $181,000 straight into the Genesis void.