Just checked the latest ETH holder data and it's wild how concentrated the supply actually is. Over 60% of all Ethereum is locked in the beacon deposit contract for staking - that's like 77 million ETH sitting there. But here's what caught my eye: when you look at individual addresses, the story gets even more interesting. Vitalik Buterin still holds around 240,000 ETH, which puts his Vitalik Buterin net worth somewhere north of $750 million at current prices. But there's this Estonian banker, Rain Lohmus, who actually has MORE - 250,000 ETH - except he can't touch any of it because he lost the private keys back in 2014. Imagine dropping $75k on Ethereum when it was 30 cents and then just... losing access forever. At today's prices that's over half a billion dollars locked away permanently. The guy even went on the radio a few years back basically saying if anyone figures out how to recover it, he might share some of it. Wild that we can see exactly how much he has on-chain but he's completely locked out. Makes you think about how many other early holders might be in similar situations.

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