[runeks]

> At the moment 50% of all Bitcoins are controlled by less than 2,000 people(assuming 1 wallet per person).

This seems like an unreasonable assumption given that many people own bitcoins through custodians, such as exchanges and funds.

[noncoml]

> This seems like an unreasonable assumption given that many people own bitcoins through custodians, such as exchanges and funds.

Have a look for yourself:

https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses....

[nonbel]

Interesting. A lot of those were already "zombies" years ago:

https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/rise-of-the-zombie-bit...

You probably need to exclude those for your calculation... but how would you know for sure? If we filter the top 100 for only addresses created or used in the last 2 years, then 26% would get dropped. This amounts to 867,448 out of 2,958,041 coins gone, or ~30%.

I'd like to see how that distribution at the top of the page changes according to various filters like that. Is there a site where I can get a list of current addresses without needing to scrape, or do I need to download the entire blockchain?

[waytogo]

Some of those whale addresses are exchanges themselves.