• Bitcoin blockchain size 2009-2021

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How big is the Bitcoin blockchain? Especially since 2014, the data set experienced exponential growth with megabytes growing by nearly one gigabyte every few days. The bitcoin blockchain is a distributed database that contains a continuously-growing and tamper-evident list of all Bitcoin transactions and records since the date of its initial release in January of 2009.

Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin is the biggest name in cryptocurrency in terms of both price index and market capitalization. Given the growing public investment into crypto, Bitcoin and other established currencies, such as Ethereum and Ripple, are facing increased competition from new, well-funded cryptocurrencies, which raised 52 million U.S. dollars in total in initial coin offering (ICO) in November 2019.

Blockchain

Blockchain technology’s unique ability to provide an open ledger for recording transactions while simultaneously ensuring security and verifiability lends itself to a variety of uses other than just cryptocurrency. Blockchain experts envision a huge amount of possible applications, with everything from supply chain management to online personal identification. Perhaps the most telling sign of the technology’s versatility is the fact that executives across industries are rushing to invest in blockchain solutions of their own.

Size of the Bitcoin blockchain from January 2009 to April 13, 2021 (in gigabytes)

	Blockchain size in gigabytes
Apr 13, 2021	331.07
Apr 12, 2021	330.88
Apr 11, 2021	330.69
Apr 10, 2021	330.48
Apr 09, 2021	330.28
Apr 08, 2021	330.11
Apr 07, 2021	329.91
Apr 06, 2021	329.72
Apr 05, 2021	329.51
Apr 04, 2021	329.31
Apr 03, 2021	329.14
Apr 02, 2021	328.96
Apr 01, 2021	328.78
Mar 2021	328.57
Feb 2021	322.8
Jan 2021	317.38
Dec 2020	311.43
Nov 2020	305.82
Oct 2020	300.32
Sep 2020	294.8
Aug 2020	289.34
Jul 2020	283.87
Jun 2020	278.56
May 2020	273.47
Apr 2020	267.91
Mar 2020	263.23
Feb 2020	258.8
Jan 2020	254.18
Dec 2019	249.85
Nov 2019	245.61
Oct 2019	241.14
Sep 2019	236.36
Aug 2019	231.73
Jul 2019	227.11
Jun 2019	222.29
May 2019	216.98
Apr 2019	211.03
Mar 2019	205.96
Feb 2019	201.6
Jan 2019	197.53
Dec 2018	193.06
Nov 2018	189
Oct 2018	184.89
Sep 2018	181.04
Aug 2018	177.5
Jul 2018	173.62
Jun 2018	169.84
May 2018	166.26
Apr 2018	163.01
Mar 2018	159.76
Feb 2018	155.65
Jan 2018	151.52
Dec 2017	146.43
Nov 2017	140.9
Oct 2017	136.51
Sep 2017	132.21
Aug 2017	128.3
Jul 2017	124.41
Jun 2017	119.92
May 2017	115.61
Apr 2017	111.17
Mar 2017	107.04
Feb 2017	102.86
Jan 2017	98.65
Dec 2016	94.66
Nov 2016	90.78
Oct 2016	86.98
Sep 2016	83.08
Aug 2016	79.75
Jul 2016	76.35
Jun 2016	73.1
May 2016	69.53
Apr 2016	65.82
Mar 2016	62.59
Feb 2016	59.51
Jan 2016	56.16
Dec 2015	53.16
Nov 2015	50.13
Oct 2015	47.59
Sep 2015	45.02
Aug 2015	42.64
Jul 2015	40.53
Jun 2015	38
May 2015	36.08
Apr 2015	34.25
Mar 2015	32.57
Feb 2015	30.9
Jan 2015	29.43
Dec 2014	27.76
Nov 2014	26.27
Oct 2014	24.85
Sep 2014	23.55
Aug 2014	22.34
Jul 2014	21.05
Jun 2014	19.98
May 2014	18.92
Apr 2014	17.83
Mar 2014	16.75
Feb 2014	15.51
Jan 2014	14.56
Dec 2013	13.69
Nov 2013	12.63
Oct 2013	11.71
Sep 2013	10.97
Aug 2013	10.25
Jul 2013	9.51
Jun 2013	8.94
May 2013	8.27
Apr 2013	7.47
Mar 2013	6.64
Feb 2013	5.86
Jan 2013	5.11
Dec 2012	4.52
Nov 2012	4.03
Oct 2012	3.6
Sep 2012	3.14
Aug 2012	2.73
Jul 2012	2.29
Jun 2012	1.93
May 2012	1.5
Apr 2012	1.21
Mar 2012	1.11
Feb 2012	1.02
Jan 2012	0.93
Dec 2011	0.84
Nov 2011	0.76
Oct 2011	0.69
Sep 2011	0.62
Aug 2011	0.53
Jul 2011	0.43
Jun 2011	0.32
May 2011	0.19
Apr 2011	0.13
Mar 2011	0.11
Feb 2011	0.08
Jan 2011	0.07
Dec 2010	0.06
Nov 2010	0.05
Oct 2010	0.04
Sep 2010	0.03
Aug 2010	0.03
Jul 2010	0.02
Jun 2010	0.02
May 2010	0.02
Apr 2010	0.01
Mar 2010	0.01
Feb 2010	0.01
Jan 2010	0.01
Dec 2009	0.01
Nov 2009	0.01
Oct 2009	0.01
Sep 2009	0.01
Aug 2009	0
Jul 2009	0
Jun 2009	0
May 2009	0
Apr 2009	0
Mar 2009	0
Feb 2009	0
Jan 2009	0

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Survey time period

January 2009 to April 13, 2021

Supplementary notes

The numbers provided were originally reported in megabytes and have been converted to gigabytes. 1GB equals 1,024MB. Numbers were then rounded.

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