<p>The "Final Balance" for that address is only a bit over 2000BTC, so it's not actually a very high figure for how much they own.  As theymos says, the "Total Received" figure is something else; it's a measure of volume sent through that address, and can count the same bitcoins many times over.</p>

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2012-05-16T21:32:10.457Z
2012-05-16T21:32:10.457Z
Highly Irregular
<p>Here's <a href="http://blockchain.info/charts/balance?timespan=180days&amp;showDataPoints=false&amp;daysAverageString=1&amp;show_header=true&amp;scale=0&amp;address=1VayNert3x1KzbpzMGt2qdqrAThiRovi8" rel="nofollow">a chart</a> showing the balance at that address over time.  It once nearly reached 12,000 BTC.</p>

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2012-05-17T03:18:37.803Z
2012-05-17T03:18:37.803Z
Chris Moore
<p>According to <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=53892.0" rel="nofollow">this forum topic</a> it belongs to DeepBit (currently the largest mining pool)</p>

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2012-05-16T21:07:37.477Z
2012-05-16T21:07:37.477Z
kirian
<p>That is DeepBit's payout address. Whenever DeepBit pays its miners, it sends one transaction per miner, and each transaction comes from 1VayNert and sends change back to 1VayNert. The change from these thousands of small transactions adds up to create huge "total BTC received" amounts. 1VayNert has never actually contained anywhere near 10 million BTC -- that's just how much BTC it has sent to itself in change from transactions.</p>

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2012-05-16T21:26:50.603Z
2012-05-16T21:26:50.603Z
theymos
<p><a href="http://blockchain.info/address/1VayNert3x1KzbpzMGt2qdqrAThiRovi8" rel="nofollow">http://blockchain.info/address/1VayNert3x1KzbpzMGt2qdqrAThiRovi8</a></p>

<p>I don't understand who could possibly have this many BTC.</p>

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Who has this many BTC?
Shamoon
# Who has this many BTC?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-05-16)

<http://blockchain.info/address/1VayNert3x1KzbpzMGt2qdqrAThiRovi8>

I don't understand who could possibly have this many BTC.

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2012-05-16. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

That is DeepBit's payout address. Whenever DeepBit pays its miners, it sends one transaction per miner, and each transaction comes from 1VayNert and sends change back to 1VayNert. The change from these thousands of small transactions adds up to create huge "total BTC received" amounts. 1VayNert has never actually contained anywhere near 10 million BTC -- that's just how much BTC it has sent to itself in change from transactions.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2012-05-16. Score: 2

The "Final Balance" for that address is only a bit over 2000BTC, so it's not actually a very high figure for how much they own. As username_4 says, the "Total Received" figure is something else; it's a measure of volume sent through that address, and can count the same bitcoins many times over.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2012-05-17. Score: 1

Here's [a chart](http://blockchain.info/charts/balance?timespan=180days&showDataPoints=false&daysAverageString=1&show_header=true&scale=0&address=1VayNert3x1KzbpzMGt2qdqrAThiRovi8) showing the balance at that address over time. It once nearly reached 12,000 BTC.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2012-05-16. Score: 0

According to [this forum topic](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=53892.0) it belongs to DeepBit (currently the largest mining pool)


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