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UTXO set in 2021

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

Unspent outputs (UTXO set) opened 2021 at 69.29M (January 3, 2021) and closed at 79.09M (December 29, 2021), up 14.1%. The high was 79.33M on December 24, 2021 and the low 69.29M on January 3, 2021.

Unspent outputs (UTXO set), month by month in 2021

MonthMonth end
January 202170.47M
February 202173.93M
March 202174.99M
April 202178.19M
May 202176.35M
June 202175.89M
July 202175.84M
August 202176.08M
September 202176.34M
October 202176.66M
November 202178.01M
December 202179.09M

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.

Other years: 2026 · 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013

Also in 2021: 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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