BITCOIN ACTIVE ADDRESSES
How many addresses use Bitcoin each day?
The distinct addresses that spent or received Bitcoin on each completed day. The earliest years show a range instead of pretending to one number.
Every completed day since Jan 3, 2009. The line is the counted total; the shading above it is the honest range from Bitcoin's earliest address format. The range is wide at the start and at most 0.0088% in the newest era. The current day is left out so an unfinished day does not look like a sudden drop.
Latest displayed reading: 659,018 on Aug 14, 2026. This view shows 6,433 dated readings from Jan 3, 2009 to Aug 14, 2026. The latest displayed reading is higher than the first. The displayed low is 0 on Jan 4, 2009. The displayed high is 1,362,793 on Apr 15, 2021. Every day in this range has a reading.
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- Counted active addresses (selected): 659,018
How many addresses were active on the latest completed day?
At least 659,018659,018 distinct addresses spent Bitcoin or received a positive amount on Aug 14, 2026. Each address counts once for the day.
The true count is between 659,018 (A) and 659,019 (A + W).
What makes an address active?
An address counts if it spends Bitcoin in a normal transaction or receives a positive amount. Newly created Bitcoin has no sender to count, but an address receiving a positive mining reward still counts. Repeated activity still counts once, including an address that both spends and receives on the same day.
How complete is this history?
6,433completed days, Jan 3, 2009 to Aug 14, 2026At most 0.0088%measured worst-case undercount in the newest eraHow tight the range is has improved era by era. Each date below is read from the data, not chosen by hand.
From Jan 3, 2009, the range is at most 50% wide.
From Mar 20, 2018, the range is at most 0.015% wide.
From Oct 12, 2020, the range is at most 0.0088% wide.
The current day is excluded because it is unfinished and would create a false drop. The older pay-to-public-key payment format, called P2PK, is the one known place where identities can merge in the underlying count. Instead of hiding the early years, the chart shades the honest range for every day: the true count sits between the counted total and the shaded ceiling.
What does this mean for you?
This is a direct read on how broadly Bitcoin was used on the blockchain from day to day. It is not a count of people. One person can use many addresses, while an exchange or wallet service can represent many people behind a small number of addresses. Watch the trend as network activity, not as a population count or a price prediction.
Understanding Bitcoin Active Addresses
An address counts as active on a day if it spends Bitcoin from a normal transaction input or receives a positive amount. Newly created Bitcoin has no sender to count, but an address receiving a positive mining reward still counts. Each address counts once, even if it appears in many transactions or both spends and receives.
Addresses are not people. One person can use many addresses, while an exchange or wallet service can represent many people behind a small number of addresses. Read this as activity on the blockchain, not as a population count.
Only completed days appear. A day here runs midnight to midnight on the world clock, the same moment everywhere. The current day is unfinished, so including it would create a false drop at the right edge of the chart.
An older payment format called pay-to-public-key, or P2PK, is the one known place where the underlying count can merge identities. For every date shown, the true count is between A and A + W: the counted total A and a cautious upper limit that adds the P2PK count W. The visible measured ceiling tells you the largest possible gap anywhere in the published range.