Bitcoin calendar.
Halvings and network upgrades, the US releases that move markets, conferences, and the anniversaries of Bitcoin's history. Dates are in UTC.
In 11 days
Difficulty adjustment
NetworkFriday 13 November (estimate)
At block 975,744, mining is expected to get about 1.9% easier, so blocks keep arriving about every 10 minutes.
July 2016
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4CSV | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9The second halving | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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Events in July 2016
Monday 4 July3773 days ago
Relative timelocks (CSV) activate
A soft fork bundling BIPs 68, 112 and 113 took effect at block 419,328. Its new CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY rule lets coins be locked until a set time after they were received, a building block for payment channels such as the Lightning Network.
Network · 23:16 UTCSee block 419,328SourceBitcoin Core source, CSVHeight = 419328 with the block hash
Saturday 9 July3768 days ago
The second halving
At block 420,000 the reward for mining a block fell from 25 to 12.5 bitcoin, the second halving.
Network · 16:46 UTCSee block 420,000SourceBitcoin Core source, nSubsidyHalvingInterval = 210000