w_s_bitcoin 2 months ago

For this Bitcoin UTXO distribution analysis, I excluded UTXOs worth 0 sats & OP_RETURN outputs from the KPIs but included their counts and the value burned in OP_RETURN outputs at the bottom of the table: 5,112,996,066 sats (51+ BTC) that'll never see the light of day again.

w_s_bitcoin 2 months ago

Bitcoin just had another day of perfect issuance. 24 hr ÷ 10 min/block = 144 blocks 144 × 3.125 BTC = 450 BTC

w_s_bitcoin 2 months ago

These were some wild years for Bitcoin. Think we'll ever get another year with a return above +1,000%?

w_s_bitcoin 2 months ago

Bitcoin & Traditional Assets CAGR Table

w_s_bitcoin 2 months ago

Bitcoin’s 4-year compound annual growth rate has fallen back below 20%.

w_s_bitcoin 3 months ago

New Bitcoin visualization is now live on my site: Monthly & Yearly Returns.

w_s_bitcoin 3 months ago

New Bitcoin visualization is now live on my site: Quarterly & Yearly Returns.

w_s_bitcoin 3 months ago

“D-coins”: bitcoin outputs worth exactly 500 BTC. During the late 2018 crash below $4k, 500+ D-coins were spent in a matter of days (250,000+ BTC). Interesting to watch it happen around the 1-min mark in this animation.

w_s_bitcoin 3 months ago

It's officially been 300 weeks since 2020 began. Saving $50/week in bitcoin during that time would’ve turned $15k into 0.58 BTC, now worth over $63k. Saving in gold instead would’ve yielded 7.45 oz of gold, worth just over $28k. Bitcoin’s clearly a superior savings technology.

w_s_bitcoin 3 months ago

“M-coins”: bitcoin outputs worth exactly 1,000 BTC. There are currently only 326 M-coins in circulation.

w_s_bitcoin 3 months ago

Bitcoin Node Count by Software & Version

w_s_bitcoin 3 months ago

Bitcoin’s annualized issuance rate remains stable at just under 1%, making it the soundest money the world has ever known.

w_s_bitcoin 3 months ago

Nice, Luke's now tracking core v30 node count. Let the games begin.

w_s_bitcoin 3 months ago

The top 9 cryptocurrencies (excluding stablecoins) have a combined market cap of about 10M BTC. Everybody knows that's way too high. You know it, I know it, everybody knows it.

w_s_bitcoin 3 months ago

Of the top 10 cryptocurrencies (excluding stablecoins), bitcoin accounts for just over 2/3 of their value. It should probably be closer to 99/100.

w_s_bitcoin 4 months ago

Electricity has never been cheaper in terms of bitcoin.

w_s_bitcoin 4 months ago

Added some more items priced in bitcoin to my site. What else would you like to see priced in bitcoin? ✅ Eggs ✅ Ground Beef ✅ Milk ✅ Rice ✅ Sugar ✅ Gas https://wickedsmartbitcoin.com/price_of_ground_beef

w_s_bitcoin 4 months ago

Bitcoin’s officially 35% of the way to the next halving. Tick tock, next block.

w_s_bitcoin 4 months ago

w_s_bitcoin 4 months ago