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Data / Blockchain size / 2016
The size of the full bitcoin blockchain in gigabytes.
Blockchain size opened 2016 at 54.6 GB (January 1, 2016) and closed at 97.1 GB (December 31, 2016), up 77.8%. The high was 97.1 GB on December 31, 2016 and the low 54.6 GB on January 1, 2016.
| Month | Month end |
|---|---|
| January 2016 | 57.7 GB |
| February 2016 | 61.0 GB |
| March 2016 | 64.3 GB |
| April 2016 | 67.6 GB |
| May 2016 | 71.2 GB |
| June 2016 | 74.9 GB |
| July 2016 | 78.3 GB |
| August 2016 | 81.9 GB |
| September 2016 | 85.3 GB |
| October 2016 | 89.1 GB |
| November 2016 | 93.0 GB |
| December 2016 | 97.1 GB |
Everything a full node stores. It grows by roughly a block’s worth every ten minutes, a little under 100 GB a year at today’s block sizes.
Other years: 2026 · 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013
Also in 2016: Bitcoin price · Distance from the all-time high · 200-day and 200-week averages · Network hashrate · Mining difficulty · Difficulty adjustments · Fees paid to miners · Transactions per day · Hashprice · Miner revenue · Bitmain releases and the bitcoin price · Break-even electricity price