Metric | Value |
|---|---|
BTC moved | 75 |
Value at current price | $5.04M |
Lawsuit value | $260B |
John Doe defendants | 39,069 |
BTC price | $67,159 |
A Bitcoin wallet that held 75 BTC untouched since 2011 has moved its coins, months after being served an on-chain court notice in May as part of a $260B lawsuit filed in New York. At the current price of $67,159, the transfer is worth $5,036,925.
What happened
The coins had not moved for 15 years, dating back to the Satoshi era of the network. On-chain analysis account intangiblecoins flagged the notice in May and
reported the move on X.
The transaction also spent the tiny payment used to deliver the legal notice. Whoever controls the keys consolidated the full balance of the address, including the amount received with the notice.
Detail | Value |
|---|---|
BTC moved | 75 |
Held since | 2011 |
Value at current price of $67,159 | $5,036,925 |
Value at all-time high of $126,080 | $9,456,000 |
The New York lawsuit
The notice is published pursuant to a court order on a dedicated page hosting the summons and the first amended complaint as a PDF. The plaintiffs are listed as ABC Company et al, and the defendants are 39,069 unidentified John Does.
Detail | Value |
|---|---|
Case number | 153119/2026 |
Parties | ABC Company et al v. John Does 1 - 39,069 |
Court | New York County Supreme Court |
Documents published | Summons + First Amended Complaint |
- Defendants and their counsel are directed to digitalwalletslitigation [at] ilawco.com
- Media, bloggers and journalists have a separate Protonmail contact address
- All other inquiries go to a third address, also on Protonmail
- The page states explicitly: no phone calls
How on-chain service works
Instead of a letter or a process server, the address received a tiny amount of BTC in May, which served as notice in the case. The 2011 wallet is one of the addresses served this way.
The method replaces conventional service: the notice lands directly in the defendant's wallet, and the case documents are published online under the court order.
What it means for you
If you hold old addresses with a balance, an incoming dust transaction can carry a legal notice, not just on-chain spam. The 75 BTC move shows someone still holds the private keys to the address after 15 years of inactivity.
