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UTXO set in 2016

The number of unspent transaction outputs, the pieces every bitcoin is stored in.

Unspent outputs (UTXO set) opened 2016 at 33.54M (January 4, 2016) and closed at 43.96M (December 31, 2016), up 31.1%. The high was 43.96M on December 31, 2016 and the low 33.54M on January 4, 2016.

Unspent outputs (UTXO set), month by month in 2016

MonthMonth end
January 201634.05M
February 201634.85M
March 201635.27M
April 201636.72M
May 201638.26M
June 201639.68M
July 201640.73M
August 201641.45M
September 201641.92M
October 201641.85M
November 201643.04M
December 201643.96M

Bitcoin is not stored in accounts but in unspent outputs, each one a lump of coins that a future transaction will spend. The count grows with adoption and jumps during inscription waves, when many small outputs are created.

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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

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