August has turned into a graveyard awakening for long-dormant bitcoin, with coins untouched for more than a decade suddenly hitting the chain. Much of that vintage activity has come from wallets created in 2014. Tuesday delivered something older, however, as btcparser.com flagged a bitcoin address created 14 years and 8 days ago, moving a total of 212 BTC.

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On Tuesday, at current prices of $64,761 per BTC at the time of writing, the cache is worth $13.72 million. At that time, a single coin exchanged hands at a mere $11.07 per unit, which means this stash was valued at $2,346. This means, if sold today, the owner would realize a gain of 584,725%.

The month has delivered a steady stream of dormant bitcoin spending, with sizable batches of older coins waking up almost daily.

One very likely catalyst is the Coldcard exploit, which saw nearly 2,000 BTC stolen from hardware wallet owners using Coldcard devices and firmware. The wallets suddenly moving are not necessarily those hit by the theft, and August’s wave of activity may not be entirely driven by rattled OGs rushing to secure their coins.

This specific batch of 212 BTC moved out of a legacy P2PKH (Pay-to-Public-Key-Hash) wallet first created on Aug. 10, 2012. The coins were then routed to an unflagged Bech32 bitcoin wallet. The BTC now sits consolidated in that new Bech32 address after arriving in several batches. No blockchain explorer, including Arkham Intelligence and others, has linked the address to a known entity.

Until those coins hit an exchange or move again, the 212 BTC transfer is another reminder that bitcoin’s oldest wallets are suddenly getting restless again.

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