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Bitcoin blockchain size 2010-2018, by quarter

Size of the Bitcoin blockchain from 2010 to 2018, by quarter (in megabytes)
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The data describes the total size of the Bitcoin blockchain, the distributed database that contains a continuously-growing and tamper-evident list of Bitcoin transactions and records, from the third quarter of 2010 to the latest quarter. The size of the Bitcoin blockchain has been growing since the creation of the Bitcoin virtual currency in 2009, reaching approx. 173 gigabytes in size by the end of June 2018.

Q3 '10 1
Q4 '10 10
Q1 '11 15
Q2 '11 188
Q3 '11 449
Q4 '11 631
Q1 '12 876
Q2 '12 1672
Q3 '12 2897
Q4 '12 4255
Q1 '13 6406
Q2 '13 8713
Q3 '13 10727
Q4 '13 13468
Q1 '14 16567
Q2 '14 19861
Q3 '14 23450
Q4 '14 27805
Q1 '15 32706
Q2 '15 38122
Q3 '15 45418
Q4 '15 53647
Q1 '16 63427
Q2 '16 73973
Q3 '16 84455
Q4 '16 96236
Q1 '17 108974.54
Q2 '17 122298.19
Q3 '17 134715.95
Q4 '17 149113.62
Q1 '18 162685.27
Q2 '18 173170.04