Bitcoin Price on August 24, 2017

2017-08-24

Market Data

Close
$4,300.34
Open
$4,121.78
High
$4,350
Low
$4,082.57
1-day change
+4.68%
7-day change
+0.56%
30-day change
+67.67%
1-year change
+644.54%
All-time high as of this date
$4,378.84
Drawdown from ATH
-1.79%
Cycle stage
Bull market

Halving Era 3

Block reward
12.5 BTC
Days since last halving
411
Days until next halving
991

On-Chain

Hash rate
4.46 PH/s
Difficulty
891,643,263,404.624
Active addresses
423,333
Transactions
203,805

Major Event

  • SegWit Activation

    Segregated Witness (SegWit) activates on the Bitcoin network at block 481,824 after years of debate. The soft fork separates transaction signatures from transaction data, effectively increasing block capacity and enabling second-layer technologies like the Lightning Network.

    protocol · positive