Chart description: The size of bitcoin has increased exponently over the time period.

Chart data: Month Blockchain size in gigabytes Dec 31, 2008 0 Jan 31, 2009 0 Feb 28, 2009 0 Mar 31, 2009 0 Apr 30, 2009 0 May 31, 2009 0 Jun 30, 2009 0 Jul 31, 2009 0 Aug 31, 2009 0.01 Sep 30, 2009 0.01 Oct 31, 2009 0.01 Nov 30, 2009 0.01 Dec 31, 2009 0.01 Jan 31, 2010 0.01 Feb 28, 2010 0.01 Mar 31, 2010 0.01 Apr 30, 2010 0.02 May 31, 2010 0.02 Jun 30, 2010 0.02 Jul 31, 2010 0.03 Aug 31, 2010 0.03 Sep 30, 2010 0.04 Oct 31, 2010 0.05 Nov 30, 2010 0.06 Dec 31, 2010 0.07 Jan 31, 2011 0.08 Feb 28, 2011 0.11 Mar 31, 2011 0.13 Apr 30, 2011 0.19 May 31, 2011 0.32 Jun 30, 2011 0.43 Jul 31, 2011 0.53 Aug 31, 2011 0.62 Sep 30, 2011 0.69 Oct 31, 2011 0.76 Nov 30, 2011 0.84 Dec 31, 2011 0.93 Jan 31, 2012 1.02 Feb 29, 2012 1.11 Mar 31, 2012 1.21 Apr 30, 2012 1.5 May 31, 2012 1.93 Jun 30, 2012 2.29 Jul 31, 2012 2.73 Aug 31, 2012 3.14 Sep 30, 2012 3.6 Oct 31, 2012 4.03 Nov 30, 2012 4.52 Dec 31, 2012 5.11 Jan 31, 2013 5.86 Feb 28, 2013 6.64 Mar 31, 2013 7.47 Apr 30, 2013 8.27 May 31, 2013 8.94 Jun 30, 2013 9.51 Jul 31, 2013 10.25 Aug 31, 2013 10.97 Sep 30, 2013 11.71 Oct 31, 2013 12.63 Nov 30, 2013 13.69 Dec 31, 2013 14.56 Jan 31, 2014 15.51 Feb 28, 2014 16.75 Mar 31, 2014 17.83 Apr 30, 2014 18.92 May 31, 2014 19.98 Jun 30, 2014 21.05 Jul 31, 2014 22.34 Aug 31, 2014 23.55 Sep 30, 2014 24.85 Oct 31, 2014 26.27 Nov 30, 2014 27.76 Dec 31, 2014 29.43 Jan 31, 2015 30.9 Feb 28, 2015 32.57 Mar 31, 2015 34.25 Apr 30, 2015 36.08 May 31, 2015 38 Jun 30, 2015 40.53 Jul 31, 2015 42.64 Aug 31, 2015 45.02 Sep 30, 2015 47.59 Oct 31, 2015 50.13 Nov 30, 2015 53.16 Dec 31, 2015 56.16 Jan 31, 2016 59.51 Feb 29, 2016 62.59 Mar 31, 2016 65.82 Apr 30, 2016 69.53 May 31, 2016 73.1 Jun 30, 2016 76.35 Jul 31, 2016 79.75 Aug 31, 2016 83.08 Sep 30, 2016 86.98 Oct 31, 2016 90.78 Nov 30, 2016 94.66 Dec 31, 2016 98.65 Jan 31, 2017 102.86 Feb 28, 2017 107.04 Mar 31, 2017 111.17 Apr 30, 2017 115.61 May 31, 2017 119.92 Jun 30, 2017 124.41 Jul 31, 2017 128.3 Aug 31, 2017 132.21 Sep 30, 2017 136.51 Oct 31, 2017 140.9 Nov 30, 2017 146.43 Dec 31, 2017 151.52 Jan 31, 2018 155.65 Feb 28, 2018 159.76 Mar 31, 2018 163.01 Apr 30, 2018 166.26 May 31, 2018 169.84 Jun 30, 2018 173.62 Jul 31, 2018 177.5 Aug 31, 2018 181.04 Sep 30, 2018 184.89 Oct 31, 2018 189 Nov 30, 2018 193.06 Dec 31, 2018 197.53 Jan 31, 2019 201.6 Feb 28, 2019 205.96 Mar 31, 2019 211.03 Apr 30, 2019 216.98 May 31, 2019 222.29 Jun 30, 2019 227.11 Jul 31, 2019 231.73 Aug 31, 2019 236.36 Sep 30, 2019 241.14 Oct 31, 2019 245.61 Nov 30, 2019 249.85 Dec 31, 2019 254.18 Jan 31, 2020 258.8 Feb 29, 2020 263.23 Mar 31, 2020 267.91 Apr 30, 2020 273.47 May 31, 2020 278.56 Jun 30, 2020 283.87 Jul 31, 2020 289.34 Aug 31, 2020 294.8 Sep 30, 2020 300.32 Oct 31, 2020 305.82 Nov 30, 2020 311.43 Dec 31, 2020 311.63 Jan 01, 2021 311.83 Jan 02, 2021 312.04 Jan 03, 2021 312.24 Jan 04, 2021 312.46

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