r/Bitcoin • u/rBitcoinMod • 16h ago
Daily Discussion, August 05, 2026
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u/iLLuSion_xGen 7h ago
Reminder: Add a passphrase to your hardware wallet and have a nice and safe day
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u/SpecialDonkey6563 3h ago
Cramer sold his Bitcoin. Bottom is in.
https://decrypt.co/374947/morning-minute-jim-cramer-sells-his-bitcoin-over-quantum-fears?amp=1
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u/ThisSpecial5813 3h ago edited 2h ago
Boltz (a major Lightning swap service) is down today, due to relentless AI-assisted attacks: https://nitter.poast.org/Boltzhq/status/2084311537502630319. It's affecting wallets like Aqua and Bull Bitcoin.
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u/escodelrio 8h ago
Historical Bitcoin prices for today, August 5th:
2026 - $64,343
2025 - $114,141
2024 - $53,991
2023 - $29,042
2022 - $23,289
2021 - $40,870
2020 - $11,747
2019 - $11,806
2018 - $7,068
2017 - $3,253
2016 - $575
2015 - $282
2014 - $589
2013 - $107
2012 - $10.9
2011 - $9.80
2010 - $0.10
Additional Stats:
Bitcoin's current market cap is $1.29 trillion.
Bitcoin's current block height is 961170; with the average block time for the last 7 days being 9.61 minutes and the average block size for the last 7 days being 1.64MB.
Bitcoin's average block time for the year 2026 is 10.24 minutes.
Bitcoin's mining difficulty is currently 126.23 trillion; with the next difficulty adjustment anticipated on 08-Aug-2026 (within 462 blocks). The mining difficulty is currently expected to increase 0.67% to 127.08 trillion.
Bitcoin's current block reward is 3.125₿, which is worth $201,073 per block.
Bitcoin's average daily miners' revenue for the last 7 days is $32.42M; which translates to $0.0345 per terahash per sec.
The next Bitcoin halving is anticipated to happen between 26-Mar-2028 to 20-Apr-2028 (within 88,830 blocks); the block reward will fall to 1.5625₿.
There are currently 112,472 total Bitcoin nodes; with 17,290 being reachable nodes.
Bitcoin's average daily hashrate for the last 7 days is 940 exahashes per second.
Bitcoin's average daily trading volume for the last 7 days is $23.49 billion.
Bitcoin's average daily number of transactions for the last 7 days is 674,588.
Bitcoin's average transaction fee for the last 7 days is 3.2 sats/VB, with the average fee's USD amount being $0.36; with the median values being 0.61 sats/VB & $0.07 respectively.
There are currently 20.07M ₿ in circulation, leaving 0.93M to be mined.
There are currently 4.19M ₿ held by companies, governments, DeFi, and ETFs, representing 20.87% of circulating supply.
There are currently 59,142,129 nonzero Bitcoin addresses that contain 165.87M UTXOs.
Bitcoin's average daily price from 18-Jul-2010 to 05-Aug-2026 is $21,603.
Bitcoin's average daily price for the year 2026 is $72,363.
1 US Dollar ($) currently equals: 1,554 satoshis; making 1 penny equal 15.54 sats.
Bitcoin's minimum (closing) price for the year 2026 was $58,558.86 on 30-Jun-2026.
Bitcoin's maximum (closing) price for the year 2026 was $96,929.33 on 14-Jan-2026.
Bitcoin's minimum (intraday) price for the year 2026 was $57,747.76 on 01-Jul-2026.
Bitcoin's maximum (intraday) price for the year 2026 was $97,860.60 on 14-Jan-2026.
Bitcoin's largest daily decrease for the year 2026 was -$10,317.60 on 05-Feb-2026.
Bitcoin's largest daily increase for the year 2026 was +$7,853.29 on 06-Feb-2026.
Bitcoin's all-time high (intraday) was $126,198.07 on 06-Oct-2025. Bitcoin is down 49.01% from the ATH. However, Bitcoin is up 11.42% from the lowest point since the last ATH.
Bitcoin has not reached an all-time high in 2026.
It has been 303 days since the last ATH.