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
NetworkThursday 12 November (estimate)
At block 975,744, mining is expected to get about 0.1% harder, so blocks keep arriving about every 10 minutes.
November 2023
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| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14Taproot, 2021 | 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 2023
Tuesday 14 November1083 days ago
Taproot activates, 2021
2 years ago. The Taproot upgrade took effect at block 709,632. It added Schnorr signatures and a new kind of output that reveals less about complex spending conditions, making them cheaper and more private.
NetworkSee block 709,632SourceBIP 341, Deployment section ("The deployment did activate at height 709632")What happened
Tuesday 28 November1069 days ago
The first halving, 2012
11 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