ADDRESSES HOLDING AT LEAST 1 BTC
How many addresses hold a whole Bitcoin?
The number everyone quotes, with the honest catch most people miss: these are addresses, not people.
Addresses in this group
How many addresses hold this amount of Bitcoin over time.
Latest displayed reading: 971,706 addresses on Aug 14, 2026. This view shows 5,405 dated readings from Oct 28, 2011 to Aug 14, 2026. The latest displayed reading is higher than the first. The displayed low is 110,278 addresses on Oct 29, 2011. The displayed high is 1,024,471 addresses on Jan 1, 2024. Every day in this range has a reading.
Compare addresses, Bitcoin held, and share of Bitcoin across two to four dates.
What's the latest count?
About 972,000 addresseshold at least one whole Bitcoin.
That's the number most people mean when they ask how many own a whole coin.
But addresses aren't people.
An address is a slot on the blockchain, not a person or a wallet. One person can control thousands of addresses; a single exchange holds millions of customers' coins in just a few. Coins that are lost forever still count here too. So read this as a count of addresses, never a headcount of people.
How much Bitcoin is that, and what share of the whole?
972,000addresses hold at least one whole Bitcoin19 million BTCheld by this group$1.2Tvalue on Aug 14, 202693.03%of all the Bitcoin in the worldIs this group growing or shrinking?
The number of addresses that hold at least one whole Bitcoin has held roughly steady over the last couple of years. The chart at the top tracks it across the whole history. It is one lens on whether this slice of the ownership ladder is filling up or thinning out.
What does this mean for you?
A steadily rising count means more addresses have reached a whole coin, the milestone this page exists to track. Watch it against the price: the count grinding up through a falling market has historically read as quiet conviction, while a falling count in a rising market means whole-coiners cashing down below the line.
Understanding Addresses Holding at Least 1 BTC
This page counts every address holding at least one full Bitcoin and tracks that total over time. It is a running total, so it includes and overlaps every larger balance band. Use the exact range pages when you need groups that stay separate.
The number comes with a catch worth stating plainly: an address is not a person. One person can spread coins across many addresses, and a single exchange can hold the coins of millions of customers in just a few. So the true count of people who own a whole Bitcoin is smaller than the address count, and there is no way to know exactly how much smaller. Read this as a count of addresses, never a headcount of owners.
Even with that caveat, the trend is the interesting part. When this count climbs, more of the network is crossing the whole-coin line; when it flattens or falls, that filling-up has paused. It is a simple, honest gauge of how ownership at this level is spreading.