Why are major wallets waking up almost every month?

They get used as marketing like "Hey look, someone held for 15 years and made 315,000 times their investment!"

But it's becoming a bit too common. What is the real story?

It's not some guy getting out of prison. The recent wallet had BTC at 37 pennies. That wasn't some underground dollars changing hands.

No one held that long- that was at least 7-10 years they could have been living like a millionaire.

We don't think there is a quantum computer that could run the calculation, though that day approaches closer and we don't see all the developments. People think they would go after banks, but if you can only crack one code every 45 days, and the rule is if you have the key, you are the owner, then that's the best and least risky target out there.

Could early creators have envisioned all this and wanted to hold. I really doubt it, but maybe.

We probably will never know- but if it keeps happening on a fairly regular basis, something isn't quite right.