Genesis-era Ethereum wallet moves millions after a decade, scam attempts follow within minutes

An address funded in Ethereum's first block sent its first outbound transaction, and unsolicited scam-linked activity showed up almost immediately An Ethereum wallet that had sat untouched for more than ten years finally sent its first transaction late Monday. Within minutes, it attracted scam-linked activity it never asked for. The address, 0x7dDd57165c87A2707f025DCFC2508c09834759Bc, dates back to the network’s very first block. After a small test transfer, it moved nearly 2,155 ETH, valued at approximately $4.57 million to $4.59 million, to a fresh address 38 minutes later. This address is about as old as Ethereum addresses get. It received 1,400 ETH in the genesis block in July 2015, the first block ever produced on the chain. That allocation came from the ICO era, when ether was valued at roughly $0.31.

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