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Bitcoin blockchain size 2010-2019, by quarter
Bitcoin blockchain size 2010-2019, by quarter
Size of the Bitcoin blockchain from 2010 to 2019, 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 197 gigabytes in size by the beginning of January 2019.
Size of the Bitcoin blockchain from 2010 to 2019, by quarter (in megabytes)
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| Blockchain size in megabytes | |
|---|---|
| Q4 '18 | 197,224 |
| Q3 '18 | 184,622 |
| Q2 '18 | 173,170.04 |
| Q1 '18 | 162,685.27 |
| Q4 '17 | 149,113.62 |
| Q3 '17 | 134,715.95 |
| Q2 '17 | 122,298.19 |
| Q1 '17 | 108,974.54 |
| Q4 '16 | 96,236 |
| Q3 '16 | 84,455 |
| Q2 '16 | 73,973 |
| Q1 '16 | 63,427 |
| Q4 '15 | 53,647 |
| Q3 '15 | 45,418 |
| Q2 '15 | 38,122 |
| Q1 '15 | 32,706 |
| Q4 '14 | 27,805 |
| Q3 '14 | 23,450 |
| Q2 '14 | 19,861 |
| Q1 '14 | 16,567 |
| Q4 '13 | 13,468 |
| Q3 '13 | 10,727 |
| Q2 '13 | 8,713 |
| Q1 '13 | 6,406 |
| Q4 '12 | 4,255 |
| Q3 '12 | 2,897 |
| Q2 '12 | 1,672 |
| Q1 '12 | 876 |
| Q4 '11 | 631 |
| Q3 '11 | 449 |
| Q2 '11 | 188 |
| Q1 '11 | 15 |
| Q4 '10 | 10 |
| Q3 '10 | 1 |
| Blockchain size in megabytes | |
|---|---|
| Q4 '18 | 197,224 |
| Q3 '18 | 184,622 |
| Q2 '18 | 173,170.04 |
| Q1 '18 | 162,685.27 |
| Q4 '17 | 149,113.62 |
| Q3 '17 | 134,715.95 |
| Q2 '17 | 122,298.19 |
| Q1 '17 | 108,974.54 |
| Q4 '16 | 96,236 |
| Q3 '16 | 84,455 |
| Q2 '16 | 73,973 |
| Q1 '16 | 63,427 |
| Q4 '15 | 53,647 |
| Q3 '15 | 45,418 |
| Q2 '15 | 38,122 |
| Q1 '15 | 32,706 |
| Q4 '14 | 27,805 |
| Q3 '14 | 23,450 |
| Q2 '14 | 19,861 |
| Q1 '14 | 16,567 |
| Q4 '13 | 13,468 |
| Q3 '13 | 10,727 |
| Q2 '13 | 8,713 |
| Q1 '13 | 6,406 |
| Q4 '12 | 4,255 |
| Q3 '12 | 2,897 |
| Q2 '12 | 1,672 |
| Q1 '12 | 876 |
| Q4 '11 | 631 |
| Q3 '11 | 449 |
| Q2 '11 | 188 |
| Q1 '11 | 15 |
| Q4 '10 | 10 |
| Q3 '10 | 1 |
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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 197 gigabytes in size by the beginning of January 2019.
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