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Blockchain size in 2019

The size of the full bitcoin blockchain in gigabytes.

Blockchain size opened 2019 at 198.1 GB (January 1, 2019) and closed at 256.0 GB (December 31, 2019), up 29.2%. The high was 256.0 GB on December 31, 2019 and the low 198.1 GB on January 1, 2019.

Blockchain size, month by month in 2019

MonthMonth end
January 2019202.3 GB
February 2019206.6 GB
March 2019211.2 GB
April 2019216.4 GB
May 2019222.2 GB
June 2019227.6 GB
July 2019232.7 GB
August 2019237.6 GB
September 2019242.3 GB
October 2019246.9 GB
November 2019251.5 GB
December 2019256.0 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 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013

Also in 2019: 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

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