0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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There is a treasure trove of tokens sent to address(0) to "burn" under the assumption that no one has the private key. and no one ever will.

In a manner of speaking, I would classify it as a very large open bounty. It's like a pinata for mathematicians and quantum computers.

Hope it helps.

Answer from Rob Hitchens on Stack Exchange
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I see that https://etherscan.io/address/0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 owns almost $3 billion in tokens plus $3.5 million ETH.

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