Based on the latest metrics, July proved to be a milestone month for dormant bitcoin activity, with a staggering $9.69 billion in aged coins springing to life. Kicking off August with more action, an address untouched for over 12 years suddenly stirredmoving $35.36 million worth of bitcoin for the very first time.
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Jamie Redman 
Bitcoins Vintage Revival
July turned out to be a fascinating chapter for vintage bitcoin movementsespecially on July 4, when one entity shuffled over 80,000 BTC in 10,000-coin chunks, ultimately funneling the stash to Galaxy for liquidation.
Stats from btcparser.com show sleeping bitcoin from 2011 stole the spotlight in July, leading the months wave of vintage awakenings with 80,056.20 BTC moved across 13 separate transfers.
Adding to the revival, five classic wallets from 2010 came to life, spending 250 BTCall tied to early coinbase rewards mined shortly after Satoshi Nakamoto stepped away. Activity from 2012 wallets was modest, with six transfers totaling 110.00 BTC. Meanwhile, 2013 wallets picked up the pace35 addresses from that year unloaded 1,642.80 BTC.
Wallets created in 2014 barely stirred, spending just 42.21 BTC in total. Similarly, 2015 saw minimal action, with only two addresses spending roughly 132.11 BTC throughout the month. In contrast, 2016 wallets saw a bit more movement, transferring 676.62 BTC across 13 distinct sends.
The most active among the younger vintage group were 2017 wallets64 of them moved a combined 955.79 BTC. Altogether, 83,865.75 BTC, worth about $9.69 billion, was transferred in July through 142 onchain transactions carved permanently into the blockchain.
Then came Aug. 1, kicking things off with flair. Today, a single address created on March 25, 2013, suddenly sprang to life, moving 306 BTC. Back when it was mined, bitcoin traded at $70.71, making the stash worth $21,637.26. Fast forward 12 years and that same pile is now valued at $35.36 milliona jaw-dropping 163,285.54% gain.
