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.
November 2017
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8SegWit2x is called off | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28The first halving, 2012 | 29 | 30 |
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Events in November 2017
Wednesday 8 November3281 days ago
SegWit2x is called off
The backers of SegWit2x, a planned hard fork (a rule change that older software rejects) to double Bitcoin's block size, called it off about a week before it was due, saying they had not built enough consensus.
NetworkSourceTechCrunch, "SegWit2x backers cancel plans for bitcoin hard fork" (8 Nov 2017)
Tuesday 28 November3261 days ago
The first halving, 2012
5 years ago. At block 210,000 the reward for mining a block fell from 50 to 25 bitcoin, the first halving. The software halves the reward every 210,000 blocks, roughly every four years.
NetworkSee block 210,000SourceBitcoin Core source, nSubsidyHalvingInterval = 210000