SegWit activates
After two years of debate over how to scale, Segregated Witness activates at block 481,824.
BITCOIN PRICE HISTORY · 2017 · AUGUST 2017
Bitcoin price on 24 August 2017
$4,300.34 close
- Open
- $4,121.78
- High
- $4,350.00
- Low
- $4,082.57
- Close
- $4,300.34
- Day change
- +4.68%
On 24 August 2017, bitcoin opened at $4,121.78 and closed at $4,300.34 on Bitstamp, up 4.68% from the previous day’s close. It traded between $4,082.57 and $4,350.00, a range of 6.6%. The close was 644.54% above the same day a year earlier ($577.58).
ON THE TIMELINE
What happened on 24 August 2017.
ON THIS DAY
August 24 in other years.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2012 | $10.03 | $10.51 | $9.83 | $10.37 | +3.49% |
| 24 August 2013 | $107.91 | $110.33 | $106.64 | $109.15 | +1.39% |
| 24 August 2014 | $496.96 | $515.95 | $495.02 | $507.85 | +2.18% |
| 24 August 2015 | $228.35 | $228.99 | $207.73 | $209.72 | −8.38% |
| 24 August 2016 | $580.27 | $582.10 | $575.40 | $577.58 | −0.46% |
| 24 August 2018 | $6,525.99 | $6,721.09 | $6,445.32 | $6,692.94 | +2.57% |
| 24 August 2019 | $10,401.87 | $10,432.00 | $9,885.48 | $10,149.70 | −2.42% |
| 24 August 2020 | $11,653.70 | $11,832.55 | $11,588.61 | $11,761.80 | +1.01% |
| 24 August 2021 | $49,516.08 | $49,893.50 | $47,593.66 | $47,731.33 | −3.69% |
| 24 August 2022 | $21,523.00 | $21,892.00 | $21,142.00 | $21,372.00 | −0.69% |
| 24 August 2023 | $26,429.00 | $26,562.00 | $25,852.00 | $26,168.00 | −1.00% |
| 24 August 2024 | $64,095.00 | $64,506.00 | $63,594.00 | $64,174.00 | +0.14% |
| 24 August 2025 | $115,391.00 | $115,626.00 | $110,671.00 | $113,478.00 | −1.66% |
| 24 August 2026 | $77,723.58 | $79,989.36 | $76,664.18 | $78,986.06 | +1.63% |
FROM THE ARCHIVE