In the comments, someone suggests that the holder of the wallet should create a transaction which just sends some small amount of bitcoin to themselves, to prove that they still have the keys, to which they get the hilarious response:<p>"The fees for like transferring 10 Euros back to self are much higher than the amount itself"<p>Somehow I get the feeling this isn't what Satoshi had in mind when he invented a "peer-to-peer electronic cash system".
The wallet holder replied and said they didn't like the situation and had been working on a solution, but 7 years seems a little ridiculous. I don't understand why transferring it to the Foundation isn't possible - is it that hard to turn bitcoin back into real money?