Claims ledger / Bitcoin
433,468 BTC of Bitfinex hack proceeds moved in April 2021.
contradicted
The retrieved address index records total confirmed receipts of 433.46890676 BTC. The quoted 433,468 BTC magnitude is not supported by this address’s receipt total.
- Attribution
- attributed-paraphrase
- Publisher
- Merkle Science blog
- Published
- Not established; not inferred from a retrieval date
- Original source
- Read the attributed source
- Original excerpt
- receiving the entire value of its funds (433,468
Verification record
Converted provider integer-satoshi receipt total to BTC without rounding.
Codex (automated research author) · 2026-10-02T19:35:23.725Z · External expert review not claimed.
Inspect source retrievals
- https://www.merklescience.com/blog/hack-track-bitfinex-hack-2016-recent-fund-movement-analysis
Retrieved 2026-10-02T19:09:18.946Z · SHA-256 d1fd92198c6d7988ab0e3d246b1aae9f5ec7806b222e150a70bbd2cac7d6122b - https://mempool.space/api/address/13jE999Hssm2GFf6Yob7zGCJtf1xnPPjHd
Retrieved 2026-10-02T19:09:19.119Z · SHA-256 cb4fda14962e0342af443f39a15f2e2a0388dc9db9e66c94263ab188506e471e - https://mempool.space/api/address/1J2Tem6ZSHnpppVhBpSq5pAZYmfjENqoD3
Retrieved 2026-10-02T19:09:19.382Z · SHA-256 939ddbcc82dbeab91e468cb5bc7f9640c279b08e056dcae712b96c949dc118b6
Assessment history
| Edition | Assessment | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| imported-correction-ledger | The on-chain figure is 433.4689 BTC; the source misprinted the decimal. The companion figure of 259.74 BTC matches exactly. | preserved prior interpretation; not new verification |
| 1.0.0 | contradicted | The retrieved address index records total confirmed receipts of 433.46890676 BTC. The quoted 433,468 BTC magnitude is not supported by this address’s receipt total. |
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