Bitcoin HODL Waves
How Long Has Bitcoin Been Sitting Still?
The age breakdown of Bitcoin, and what it says about where we are in the cycle.
How long Bitcoin has been sitting still chart
Each colored band is a group of coins, sorted by how long since they last moved. The orange bands at the bottom are coins that have sat unspent for years; the blue bands on top are coins that moved recently.When the orange base grows, the supply is aging. When the blue top swells, coins are changing hands.
All groups stay visible. The chosen group sets the plotted dates; the readout compares every group on that exact date.
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- Under a day (selected): 1.06%
- 1 day to 1 week: 2.71%
- 1 week to 1 month: 3.76%
- 1 to 6 months: 11.38%
- 6 months to 1 year: 18.99%
- 1 to 2 years: 13.3%
- 2 to 3 years: 6.11%
- 3 to 5 years: 9.13%
- 5 to 7 years: 7.51%
- 7 to 10 years: 8.32%
- 10 years and up: 17.74%
This view shows 668 dated observations from Jan 9, 2009 to Aug 4, 2026. The latest displayed date is Aug 4, 2026. Older dates may be sampled.
Under a day. Latest displayed reading: 1.06% on Aug 4, 2026. This view shows 668 dated readings from Jan 9, 2009 to Aug 4, 2026. The latest displayed reading is lower than the first. The displayed low is 0.08% on Aug 17, 2009. The displayed high is 100% on Jan 9, 2009.
What's the read right now?
Getting olderMore of the supply is sitting still. Coins are crossing into longer-held hands faster than older coins are being spent.
When coins keep aging, owners are holding through the swings instead of selling into them.
How is the supply split by age today?
Every Bitcoin is sorted into one age group by how long since it last moved. Recent buyers (under a year) hold about 38% of the supply; the rest, about 62%, has sat for a year or longer.
Age group Share How big Under a day 1.1% 1 day to 1 week 2.7% 1 week to 1 month 3.8% 1 to 6 months 11.4% 6 months to 1 year 19.0% 1 to 2 years 13.3% 2 to 3 years 6.1% 3 to 5 years 9.1% 5 to 7 years 7.5% 7 to 10 years 8.3% 10 years and up 17.7% What's changed in the last month?
- Coins held for more than a year sit at about 62% of all Bitcoin, and grew by about 0.8 points this month.
- Recent buyers, who bought within the past year, are about 38%, and shrank by about 0.4 points this month.
- The freshest coins, moved within the past month, are about 7.5%, and grew by about 1.9 points this month.
- The deepest coins, untouched for five years or more, are about 34%, and grew by about 0.4 points this month.
What does this mean for you?
Right now the supply is aging. The longer coins sit unspent, the less of it is available if buyers show up looking for it. In past cycles, long stretches of aging supply lined up with the quiet build-up before a recovery, not with the top.
Watch for the patient share to stall while the price is climbing. That stall has historically been the first sign long-time owners are starting to take profit.
Understanding Bitcoin HODL Waves
This page sorts the entire Bitcoin supply by age: how long it has been since each coin last moved. Coins that just changed hands sit at one end, coins that haven't budged in over a decade sit at the other, and the mix between them is the picture.
When more of the supply sits in recently-traded hands, the market tends to move faster and react harder. When more of it sits in long-held hands, owners are holding tighter and the supply is settling into fewer, steadier wallets.
In an extended downturn, the young groups shrink and the old groups grow as people sit on their coins and refuse to sell. In an extended uptrend the pattern flips: long-time owners sell to newcomers, which resets those coins' age back to zero. Watching the shape shift over time is one of the clearest ways to see which way the cycle is turning.