Bitcoin Cash splits off
After the block-size debate, a group of miners and developers forks off to create Bitcoin Cash with larger blocks. Block 478,558 is the last block both chains share.
BITCOIN PRICE HISTORY · 2017 · AUGUST 2017
Bitcoin price on 1 August 2017
$2,731.00 close
- Open
- $2,855.81
- High
- $2,929.17
- Low
- $2,615.00
- Close
- $2,731.00
- Day change
- −4.37%
On 1 August 2017, bitcoin opened at $2,855.81 and closed at $2,731.00 on Bitstamp, down 4.37% from the previous day’s close. It traded between $2,615.00 and $2,929.17, a range of 12.0%. The close was 350.40% above the same day a year earlier ($606.35).
ON THE TIMELINE
What happened on 1 August 2017.
ON THIS DAY
August 1 in other years.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2012 | $9.28 | $9.50 | $8.90 | $9.45 | +1.83% |
| 1 August 2013 | $97.77 | $98.44 | $95.15 | $96.62 | −1.69% |
| 1 August 2014 | $583.54 | $607.20 | $581.77 | $598.20 | +2.78% |
| 1 August 2015 | $284.69 | $285.16 | $276.66 | $280.19 | −1.46% |
| 1 August 2016 | $622.50 | $630.00 | $603.63 | $606.35 | −2.80% |
| 1 August 2018 | $7,726.85 | $7,761.56 | $7,440.00 | $7,602.01 | −1.60% |
| 1 August 2019 | $10,096.01 | $10,499.00 | $9,878.09 | $10,407.71 | +3.20% |
| 1 August 2020 | $11,357.98 | $11,883.36 | $11,228.00 | $11,817.49 | +4.06% |
| 1 August 2021 | $41,489.16 | $42,614.85 | $39,424.27 | $39,839.00 | −3.98% |
| 1 August 2022 | $23,287.38 | $23,511.50 | $22,861.00 | $23,282.92 | −0.17% |
| 1 August 2023 | $29,221.00 | $29,715.00 | $28,574.00 | $29,696.00 | +1.59% |
| 1 August 2024 | $64,612.00 | $65,568.00 | $62,233.00 | $65,293.00 | +1.05% |
| 1 August 2025 | $115,749.00 | $116,054.00 | $112,680.00 | $113,243.00 | −2.17% |
| 1 August 2026 | $62,817.96 | $63,088.09 | $62,216.81 | $62,759.82 | −0.09% |
FROM THE ARCHIVE