At the beginning it is worth noting that the unequivocal statement "who is the richest owner of Bitcoins" is practically impossible. In most cases it is equally difficult to estimate who exactly how much BTC has. most wealthy investors (whales) or institutions keep their Bitcoins on sometimes even several dozen different addresses in order to maintain the highest level of security of all funds.
on the basis of several data, however, I have prepared an estimate of potentially the wealthiest Bitcoin breeders.
Gavin Andresen
If we are talking about Satoshi Nakamoto as Bitcoin's father, then we cannot ignore Gavin Andresen as the godfather of BTC. Gavin Andresen continued the development of BTC after Satoshi and had a very big impact on how Bitcoin looks today. he is the founder of the Bitcoin Foundation and was one of the first to be able to mine Bitcoins. It is worth mentioning that Andresen was once suspected of being Satoshi Nakamoto - however, he strongly denied it. despite the fact that he has already withdrawn his Bitcoins many times, he may still have very significant amounts of them.
Roger Ver
Often called Bitcoin Jesus. Currently focused on development, as claimed "the only real Bitcoin," or Bitcoin Cash. Ver was an early investor and one of the first explicit Bitcoin millionaires. he is not only a maximalist of P2P transactions but also dreams of building a united nation in which everyone would be truly equal and free - which he intends to do with decentralized technology. Roger Ver is believed to own at least 100,000 BTC.
Charlie shrem
Charlie Shrem is definitely one of the most controversial Bitcoin millionaires. It has been operating in this industry almost from the beginning. There are rumors that he can breed even tens of thousands of Bitcoins bought for a few dollars. he was the founder of BitInstant, in connection with which he was convicted of money laundering for two years imprisonment. Earlier, in 2012, he was accused by the Winklevoss brothers of stealing their 5,000 BTC.
Winklevoss brothers
Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss are another one of the first explicit Bitcoin millionaires. One of the louder things that are now widely known is the accusation of Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their Facebook idea. they won the case and received $ 65 million in damages from Facebook's CEO. They invested $ 11 million in BTC, when it cost $ 120 each. They founded many cryptocurrency start-ups, including Gemini Stock Exchange.
Cryptocurrency exchanges
After enabling Bitcoin's richlist (list of the richest addresses), we will notice that 4 out of 5 among the first positions from the top are cryptocurrency exchanges. At the moment Bitfinex is in first place, with around 137,000 BTC. According to statistics, the second richest exchange is Huobi, which has approximately 108,000 Bitcoins. Bitstamp ranks third among the exchanges with almost 108,000 BTC. Bittrex ranks fourth with 107,000 BTC in the portfolio among the wealthiest stock market addresses.
FBI
they do not have a special trading department. In September 2013, when the Silk Road was removed, the agents managed to take over an additional 144,000 BTC. although a significant portion (or even all) of these Bitcoins have already been sold, it is worth mentioning the FBI as one of the wealthiest Bitcoin owners.
Bulgaria
The country is one of the largest known holders of BTC. In May 2017, the Bulgarian government successfully disbanded a criminal group that used BTC to avoid taxes. Bulgarian services then took over 213,519 Bitcoins - which would certainly help to pay off part of the national public debt.
Satoshi Nakamoto
the creator of Bitcoin, had the greatest opportunities in terms of digging BTC in the early period, when the block reward was the largest and could do it with the help of ordinary PeCet. It is estimated that Satoshi could have excavated from 700,000 to even over 1,000,000 BTC at the time.
