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Data / Blockchain size / 2018
The size of the full bitcoin blockchain in gigabytes.
Blockchain size opened 2018 at 150.1 GB (January 1, 2018) and closed at 198.0 GB (December 31, 2018), up 31.9%. The high was 198.0 GB on December 31, 2018 and the low 150.1 GB on January 1, 2018.
| Month | Month end |
|---|---|
| January 2018 | 155.3 GB |
| February 2018 | 159.7 GB |
| March 2018 | 163.6 GB |
| April 2018 | 166.9 GB |
| May 2018 | 170.4 GB |
| June 2018 | 174.0 GB |
| July 2018 | 178.0 GB |
| August 2018 | 181.8 GB |
| September 2018 | 185.4 GB |
| October 2018 | 189.5 GB |
| November 2018 | 193.7 GB |
| December 2018 | 198.0 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 · 2017 · 2016 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013
Also in 2018: 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