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How Many Days Since Bitcoin Launched?
The Bitcoin network launched with the genesis block on 3 January 2009. See the days, months and years since Bitcoin began.
Days since Bitcoin Launched
Saturday, January 3, 2009 · Saturday
17 years, 9 months, 23 days
Measured from the event date to today.
Years
17
Completed years
Months
9
After years
Weeks
929.3
Decimal weeks
Hours
156,120
Total hours
Minutes
9,367,200
Total minutes
When did Bitcoin Launched happen?
Bitcoin Launched happened on Saturday, January 3, 2009. That was 6,505 days ago.
Bitcoin's genesis block was mined on 3 January 2009, starting the network. Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper on 31 October 2008.
How this is calculated
Visitemap counts whole calendar days between the event date and today. The current day is day zero. This is a date-only calculation, so it does not depend on the time of day.
result = 6,505 calendar days
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
Frequently asked questions
When did Bitcoin Launched happen?
Bitcoin Launched happened on Saturday, January 3, 2009.
How many years since Bitcoin Launched?
It has been 17 years and 9 months since Bitcoin Launched.
How many months since Bitcoin Launched?
It has been 213 months since Bitcoin Launched.
How many weeks since Bitcoin Launched?
It has been 929.3 weeks since Bitcoin Launched.
How is this calculated?
The answer is the whole number of calendar days between the event date and today. Years and months are calendar units, not 365-day blocks.