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BITCOIN ACTIVE ADDRESSES

How many addresses used Bitcoin each day?

The distinct addresses that spent or received Bitcoin on each completed UTC day.

Usually daily
Distinct Bitcoin addresses active on each completed UTC day chartmaketomaketo.com/indicator/active-addresses500.0K1.00M2020202120222023202420252026Aug 1, 2026808.3K

Completed-day coverage: Oct 12, 2020 to Aug 1, 2026. The current UTC day is left out so an unfinished day does not look like a sudden drop. Because of P2PK, the plotted series may undercount by no more than 0.0088%, the measured worst-case bound anywhere in this range.

Latest displayed reading: 808,275 on Aug 1, 2026. This view shows 2,120 dated readings from Oct 12, 2020 to Aug 1, 2026. The latest displayed reading is lower than the first. The displayed low is 489,627 on May 24, 2026. The displayed high is 1,362,793 on Apr 15, 2021.

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  • Counted active addresses (selected): 808,275

  1. How many addresses were active on the latest completed day?

    At least 808,275

    808,275 distinct addresses spent Bitcoin or received a positive amount on Aug 1, 2026. Each address counts once for the day.

    The true count is between 808,275 (A) and 808,275 (A + W).

  2. 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.

  3. How complete is this history?

    2,120
    completed UTC days, Oct 12, 2020 to Aug 1, 2026
    At most 0.0088%
    measured worst-case undercount

    The current UTC 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. The displayed ceiling is the largest possible gap measured anywhere in the dates shown.

  4. 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 UTC 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 UTC days appear. 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.