The statistic presents the total size of the Bitcoin blockchain, the distributed database that contains a continuously-growing and tamper-evident list of Bitcoin transactions and records, from the third quarter of 2010 to the latest quarter. The size of the Bitcoin blockchain has been growing since the creation of the Bitcoin virtual currency in 2009, reaching approximately 149 gigabytes in size in December 2017.
Size of the Bitcoin blockchain from 2010 to 2017, by quarter (in megabytes)
The statistic presents the total size of the Bitcoin blockchain, the distributed database that contains a continuously-growing and tamper-evident list of Bitcoin transactions and records, from the third quarter of 2010 to the latest quarter. The size of the Bitcoin blockchain has been growing since the creation of the Bitcoin virtual currency in 2009, reaching approximately 149 gigabytes in size in December 2017.
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| Blockchain size in megabytes | |
|---|---|
| Q3 '10 | 1 |
| Q4 '10 | 10 |
| Q1 '11 | 15 |
| Q2 '11 | 188 |
| Q3 '11 | 449 |
| Q4 '11 | 631 |
| Q1 '12 | 876 |
| Q2 '12 | 1,672 |
| Q3 '12 | 2,897 |
| Q4 '12 | 4,255 |
| Q1 '13 | 6,406 |
| Q2 '13 | 8,713 |
| Q3 '13 | 10,727 |
| Q4 '13 | 13,468 |
| Q1 '14 | 16,567 |
| Q2 '14 | 19,861 |
| Q3 '14 | 23,450 |
| Q4 '14 | 27,805 |
| Q1 '15 | 32,706 |
| Q2 '15 | 38,122 |
| Q3 '15 | 45,418 |
| Q4 '15 | 53,647 |
| Q1 '16 | 63,427 |
| Q2 '16 | 73,973 |
| Q3 '16 | 84,455 |
| Q4 '16 | 96,236 |
| Q1 '17 | 108,974.54 |
| Q2 '17 | 122,298.19 |
| Q3 '17 | 134,715.95 |
| Q4 '17 | 149,113.62 |
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