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š±š„A first in Bitcoin: The number of transactions exceeded 1 billion
On January 3, 2009, the number of transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain launched with the "Genesis block" exceeded 1 billion for the first time. It took 800 weeks and 5603 days to reach this figure.
After 15 years have passed since its creation, the number of 1 billion transactions in #Bitcoin has also been exceeded. 842.241. the transaction taking place on the block was confirmed at 21.34 UTC yesterday evening. it took 5603 days and 800 weeks to reach the 1 billionth transaction.
The Runes protocol, which emerged after the halving that took place recently, had led to a serious increase in the number of transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. This situation also accelerated the arrival to the transaction level of 1 billion units. A few days after Halving, on April 23, the number of transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain exceeded 926 thousand. This figure was also a record for the chain.
Bitcoin, the oldest and first blockchain, has passed the number of 1 billion transactions, while for the Ethereum chain, the second largest cryptocurrency, this figure is at the level of 2.4 billion.
The graph below shows the progress of the number of transactions on the network since the day Bitcoin appeared.
