[mcherm]

Where does the amount in the title ("45k ether") come from? I didn't see that in the article.

EDIT: Apparently from https://etherscan.io/address/0x6a164122d5cf7c840D26e829b46dC... , which is something I don't have the depth of knowledge to assess for myself.

[ericfrederich]

wow... 6 minutes ago, 1 minute ago... people are still sending this address money?

[forthefuture]

This sentiment is how normal people feel about all cryptocurrency.

[JustAnotherPat]

Yes, it's not really being talked about anywhere because people like to keep this stuff hush hush, so crypto doesn't look bad.

[urethrafranklin]

A sucker is born every minute.

[Moter8]

ETH Balance: 43,432.963 ...

is the important figure. At the bottom you can see the transactions coming in.

First incoming transaction seems to be from Jul-17-2017 01:01:21 PM. View all > last page.

[mcjiggerlog]

Over €6,000,000 at current prices.

[imron]

And over €12,000,000 at the price 2 weeks ago.

Who knows what the price will be next week, but it won't be anywhere near €6,000,000 if they try to sell that much at once.

[ChrisClark]

Though, the 24 hour trading volume for ETH is $1.5 Billion USD. So it won't affect the price as much as you'd think.

[imron]

$1.5 Billion, made up of many smaller transactions (~USD 15.5k on average according to this site [0]).

A number of large transactions to convert that much ETH to USD, would significantly affect speculator confidence, triggering others to sell.

0: https://bitinfocharts.com/ethereum/