物理比特币传奇:13年藏金条兑现1000万美元,500美元变20000倍!

比推Published on 2025-07-03Last updated on 2025-07-03

原文作者:Wenser,Odaily 星球日报

原文标题:“实体BTC”出世,一场长达13年的20000倍投资奇迹

加密世界,从来不缺投资奇迹,尤其是在「唯一真神」——BTC 上,无数造富故事在早年 BTC holder 身上上演着。而有着「数字黄金」之称的 BTC,逐渐也来到了与一公斤黄金等值的价格地位。

颇为传奇的是,今年 5 月,一位名为 John Galt 的比特币论坛用户声称自己于 2012 年花费 500 美元买入了一块形似金条的「物理 BTC」,其上承载着 100 枚 BTC 资产,并借此在今年 5 月成功将其兑换为 1000 万美元。无数吃瓜群众本以为这是又一个「实体 BTC 笑话」,但细心核实过后,不少人发现,这原来是真的。

Odaily 星球日报将于本文讲述这个 13 年 20000 倍回报的投资奇迹。

一篇论坛帖牵扯出的一场耗时 13 年的 20000 倍投资奇迹

今年 5 月,比特币论坛 bitcointalk 上一篇题为《比特币实物收藏者的悲伤一天》的帖子引发了论坛用户们的蜂拥围观。

John Galt 发帖称——是的,记得我之前提到我有一根 Casascius 比特币棒吗?是的,那是一根 100 BTC 的,我在 2012 年左右花了大约 500 美元得到了它。几年前比特币价格超过 1 万美元时,我开始感到非常紧张。我的意思是,持有价值超过一百万美元的东西?那压力太大了。但我并不想兑换它。对我来说,一根未被兑换的实物比特币,感觉比钱本身更有价值。我确实尝试过几次出售它,但很难出售如此贵重的东西,而且你真的不能信任任何人。我还考虑过拍卖,但我会得到的价值远低于比特币本身的价值。现在它的价值超过了一千零一万美元,我知道我不能只是把它放在那里。所以,是的……尽管我有点不确定,我今天终于赎回了它。交易哈希链接:https://mempool.space/tx/118d50e57eedbdc37e55edd176b49fb561d2df45d16ac7aabb1365b66d100d43。对不起。

言词之间,满是比特币忠实拥趸无奈在 BTC 和巨大财富之间做出二选一之后的愧疚和叹惋,但在一个仅具有纪念意义的「物理金条」和 1000 万美元之间,相信普通人都能做出更合适的选择。

自此,一桩尘封了 13 年之久的投资奇迹,终于正式展露在了世人面前,而这样的奇迹,在传统金融领域越发固化的现在,有且仅有持有 BTC 能够拥有这样的滔天造化。13 年,500 美元,1000 万美元,三个数字,共同构成了这一桩「加密奇观」。

Casascius 实体比特币:短命的「实体 BTC」尝试,疯狂的造富奇观

据了解,比特币论坛 bitcointalk 上这位名为 John Galt 的用户提到的 Casascius 实体比特币确有其事。该项目由比特币早期布道者 Mike Caldwell 于 2011 年发行,它将比特币的私钥通过物理贴纸地封装在一个硬币或金条中。这些「实体比特币」一度很受欢迎,但由于监管压力,Casascius 公司于 2013 年停止生产内嵌真实比特币私钥,现在这些「实体 BTC」更像是十几年的加密历史长河中颇具纪念意义的稀有收藏品。

实体 BTC 实物图片

据 casasciustracker.com 网站数据,截止今年 5 月,这个曾经的「反向 RWA 加密项目」已赎回约 1 万枚 Casascius 硬币,仍有超 1.8 万枚处于沉睡状态。

一枚「实体 BTC」硬币 or 金条,就是一个千万富翁

可以说,当年无论是谁花费 500 美元购入 1 枚「实体 BTC」(无论是硬币还是金条),持有到现在都将获得约 1000 万美元的回报,而这样的财富,还有将近 1.8 万个富翁尚未被发现,或者早已消失在历史的角落当中,就像当初丢失了存有 7500 枚比特币私钥的电脑硬盘的英国程序员一样。

顺带一提,Mike Caldwell 也是比特币论坛的活跃用户,其用户名就是 Casascius,意为「直言不讳」。此外,其还是一位探险家,此前曾于 2013 年到达北极点时埋下了一个比特币纸钱包,象征性地将比特币带到了地球之极。

此外,在 John Galt 自曝自己持有 100 枚 BTC 并已赎回对应资产后,比特币论坛上有用户第一时间借助其废弃私钥「偷」走了早期 BTC 持有地址拥有的 BCH 代币,价值超 40000 美元。在经人提醒后,John Galt 才发现自己已经晚人一步,不过其发言也颇为冷静,毕竟,相较于 40000 美元,得到了 1000 万美元已经足够让他心满意足了。

John Galt 表现冷静

此外,据加密 KOL @0x Todd 溯源追踪称,这些所谓的「实体 BTC」硬币或金条,大概率是合金+镀金,并不是实体黄金。

信源:0x Todd

最后,整体而言,这是一个奖励「BTC 钻石手」的励志故事,一场回报率超 20000 倍的财富奇迹。主角没变,还是那个由神秘人中本聪创造、被披上「数字黄金」荣誉的、上限数量仅为 2100 万枚的 BTC。

说明: 比推所有文章只代表作者观点,不构成投资建议

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