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intangiblecoins-2085752444236005465

https://x.com/intangiblecoins/status/2085752444236005465

Captured screenshot of the post by @intangiblecoins, posted 7 Aug 2026, 15:38 UTC
@intangiblecoins posted captured full-size capture → original post →
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@intangiblecoins
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Alex Thorn publishes aggregate statistics from more than 250 victim reports: median coin dormancy 3.5 years, 88 percent of stolen coins at least one year old, median loss 0.014 BTC by address and 1.022 BTC by victim, mean loss 0.212 BTC by address and 4.04 BTC by victim, with a reported range from 624 sats to 58.97 BTC. Held as a dated quantitative update from one of the active incident responders. The figures are the poster's own and are not independently verified here.

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