Satoshi Nakamoto wallet addresses
The best-known Satoshi Nakamoto wallet address is 1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa — the Genesis address. It is one of about 22,000 early outputs attributed to Satoshi; none of Satoshi's mined coins has ever been spent. Balances below are read live from the Bitcoin blockchain.
1Known Satoshi-era addresses (live)
| Address | Block | Balance | Txs | USD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa Genesis address — Satoshi Nakamoto | 0 · 3 Jan 2009 | … | … | … |
| 12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxzrGcXnHBHnr6ev Block 1 reward — Patoshi-attributed | 1 · 9 Jan 2009 | … | … | … |
| 12cbQLTFMXRnSzktFkuoG3eHoMeFtpTu3S Block 9 reward — source of the first transaction (to Hal Finney) | 9 · 9 Jan 2009 | … | … | … |
| 1Q2TWHE3GMdB6BZKafqwxXtWAWgFt5Jvm3 Recipient of the first transaction — Hal Finney (not Satoshi) | 170 · 12 Jan 2009 | … | … | … |
Balances shown include donations received over the years. For P2PK outputs, explorers display the derived legacy address; the balance shown is for that address representation.
2The Genesis address
The Genesis address 1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa received the reward for block 0, mined on 3 January 2009. That first 50 BTC is unspendable because of how the original client handled the Genesis block. Since then the address has received thousands of small tributes, so its balance now exceeds 100 BTC. Read more in The Genesis block.
3Block 9 and the first Bitcoin transaction
On 12 January 2009, in block 170, 10 BTC moved from the block 9 reward to Hal Finney — the first transfer between two people in Bitcoin's history. It is one of the very few spends of coins attributed to Satoshi, and it is why the block 9 address appears in every list of Satoshi wallet addresses.
4Why there is no single "Satoshi address"
Bitcoin's earliest software paid each block reward to a new public key (pay-to-public-key, P2PK). Satoshi's estimated ~22,000 mined blocks therefore produced ~22,000 outputs. Explorers display a derived "1…" address for each, but the coins are locked to public keys, not to addresses in the modern sense. This structure is also what makes the coins relevant to quantum-security discussions.
5How to verify an address yourself
- Open a public explorer such as mempool.space.
- Paste the address, or the block height (for example 9) to find its coinbase output.
- Check "Total received" and "Total sent". For Satoshi's mined outputs, total sent is zero.
6Questions
What is Satoshi Nakamoto's wallet address?
The address most commonly called Satoshi's is the Genesis address, 1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa. It received the 50 BTC reward of block 0 on 3 January 2009. Satoshi's other ~22,000 block rewards are held in separate early outputs.
Is 1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa Satoshi's address?
Yes. It is the address derived from the public key in the Genesis block's coinbase output, which Satoshi created. The original 50 BTC can never be spent because the Genesis coinbase is not added to the spendable set; later donations to the address could in principle be spent by the key holder, but none have been.
Can I send bitcoin to Satoshi Nakamoto?
You can send bitcoin to the Genesis address, and many people do as a tribute. Treat any such payment as permanently gone.
Why do some lists show thousands of Satoshi addresses?
Each Patoshi-attributed block reward has its own public key, and explorers show a derived address for each. Lists compiled by researchers therefore contain roughly 22,000 addresses.