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UTXO set in 2018

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

Unspent outputs (UTXO set) opened 2018 at 62.51M (January 4, 2018) and closed at 49.66M (December 31, 2018), down 20.6%. The high was 64.14M on January 12, 2018 and the low 48.88M on July 27, 2018.

Unspent outputs (UTXO set), month by month in 2018

MonthMonth end
January 201861.67M
February 201854.75M
March 201851.21M
April 201851.37M
May 201851.85M
June 201850.66M
July 201848.95M
August 201849.35M
September 201849.96M
October 201850.10M
November 201850.37M
December 201849.66M

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 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

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