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August 2026
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1UASF, 2017 | 2Bitfinex hack, 2016 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8BIP-110 split | 9 |
| 10 | 11MicroStrategy buys, 2020 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15Overflow bug, 2010 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24SegWit, 2017 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 |
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Events in August 2026
Saturday 1 August92 days ago
The user-activated soft fork (BIP 148) takes effect, 2017
9 years ago. BIP 148, the "user-activated soft fork" (UASF), took effect at block 478,484: nodes running it would reject any block that did not signal support for SegWit. Miners were already signalling after a compromise proposal, BIP 91, so no split followed from it.
NetworkSee block 478,484SourceBIP 148, Mandatory activation of segwit deployment (from midnight 1 August 2017 UTC)
Sunday 2 August91 days ago
Bitfinex is hacked, 2016
10 years ago. Hackers stole 119,756 bitcoin, then worth about $72 million, from customer accounts at Bitfinex, a Hong Kong-based exchange, which halted trading. Bitfinex then spread the loss across all its customers, cutting every balance by about 36% and giving them tokens as credit for what they had lost.
MarketsSourceReuters, Bitcoin worth $72 million stolen from Bitfinex exchange in Hong Kong, 3 Aug 2016 (Wayback Machine copy)
Saturday 8 August85 days ago
BIP-110 supporters split onto a minority chain
Nodes enforcing BIP-110, a proposed one-year soft fork (a tightening of the rules) to restrict non-financial data such as inscriptions, rejected block 961,632 because it did not signal support, and followed a rival block instead. Only about 2.5% of recent blocks had signalled for it, so the main chain kept going and the BIP-110 chain fell behind.
Network · 19:35 UTCSee block 961,632SourceThe Block, Bitcoin's BIP-110 supporters split onto minority chain as main network pulls ahead (8 Aug 2026)
Tuesday 11 August82 days ago
MicroStrategy buys bitcoin for its treasury, 2020
6 years ago. MicroStrategy, a Nasdaq-listed software company, said it had bought 21,454 bitcoins for about $250 million and made bitcoin its primary treasury reserve asset, the main asset in which it holds its spare cash.
MarketsSourceMicroStrategy press release, MicroStrategy Adopts Bitcoin as Primary Treasury Reserve Asset (SEC Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1)
Saturday 15 August78 days ago
The value overflow incident, 2010
16 years ago. A transaction in block 74,638 created about 184 billion bitcoin by exploiting a bug in how the software added up large amounts. Satoshi Nakamoto released a fix, Bitcoin 0.3.10, the same day, and the network replaced the bad block.
NetworkSee block 74,638SourceBitcoin Wiki, Value overflow incident
Monday 24 August69 days ago
SegWit activates, 2017
9 years ago. Segregated Witness (SegWit) took effect at block 481,824. It moves signatures into a separate part of the block, which fixes transaction malleability (the ability to change a transaction's ID before it confirms) and raises block capacity.
NetworkSee block 481,824SourceBitcoin Core source, SegwitHeight = 481824 with the block hash