This Week In Bitcoin History
Historical Bitcoin milestones, metrics and timeless reads of the upcoming week.
Hi bitcoiner. This is your weekly snapshot looking back at Bitcoin years ago.
📊 Bitcoin Metrics in Historical Perspective
Take a look at fresh Bitcoin metrics and see how much the network has evolved over the years.
| Metric | Today | 1 Year Ago | 3 Years Ago |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $89,622.00 | $101,756.00 | $16,829.40 |
| Hashrate | 1042.63 EH/s | 826.83 EH/s | 233.51 EH/s |
| Bitcoin Nodes | 24,736 | 21,140 | 15,184 |
| LN Nodes | 17,548 | 10,587 | 13,494 |
| LN Capacity | 5,615.68 BTC | 5,265.74 BTC | 5,176.78 BTC |
📅 Bitcoin History - Dec 16-22
Explore the upcoming Bitcoin history milestones and holidays:
Tuesday, Dec 16
Wednesday, Dec 17
- 👨💻 Launch of Bitcoin v0.2 (2009)
Thursday, Dec 18
- ✊ HODL Day (2013)
Sunday, Dec 21
- 🚰 Ledger Leak (2020)
Monday, Dec 22
- 🚀 Star Strike Released (1981)
- 🪦 Bitcoin Obituary (2014)
📚 Timeless Reads
Read these timeless classics this week:
- 📚 Shelling Out: The Origins of Money (2002)
- 📚 What is a Seed Phrase? (2021)
- 📚 Bitcoin’s Eternal Struggle (2019)
Sources
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Browse hundreds of historical Bitcoin milestones by visiting bitcoin-calendar.org
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Historical events sourced from Bitcoin Calendar open database
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Price, hashrate and LN data provided by mempool.space
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Bitcoin nodes data by Bitnodes
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