Countdown to the last mined bitcoin.
Live countdown until the last fraction of BTC is mined, assuming a ~10 minute block time.
The date of the last bitcoin is uncertain. This timer assumes a steady 10-minute block time and the commonly cited estimate of 2140. Real network conditions will shift this.
See how much BTC is already mined, what’s left, and how few sats per person remain.
Numbers are rounded and static, based on recent public data. They do not update in real time but show how close we are to the 21M cap.
Every ~4 years the block reward is cut in half. Track past halvings, rewards and BTC prices.
Swipe through short stories: early days, booms, busts, memes and big turning points.
In October 2008, a person or group using the name Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper. On 3 January 2009, the first block was mined with a hidden headline about bank bailouts.
In 2009 BTC was basically priceless. By the first halving in 2012, one coin traded around $12 — still a niche cypherpunk experiment.
On 22 May 2010 Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas. It became legendary as the first real-world bitcoin purchase.
In the beginning the network was mostly Satoshi and Hal Finney. One of the earliest transactions was Satoshi sending Hal 10 BTC as a test.
Bitcoin’s permissionless design made it the currency of Silk Road, an online dark market shut down in 2013, cementing BTC’s controversial reputation.
In 2014 Mt. Gox, then handling most BTC trading, collapsed after losing hundreds of thousands of coins. Many thought bitcoin was finished.
Bitcoin repeatedly made new highs then crashed: ~$20k in 2017, then ~$69k in 2021, each cycle pulling in a new generation of holders.
With a strict 21M cap and predictable issuance, bitcoin is often called “digital gold” — a hedge against money printing and inflation.
Some famous investors dismissed bitcoin as a bubble or “rat poison squared”, while others quietly added it to portfolios as an asymmetric bet.
Bitcoin mining uses significant energy, sparking debates about climate impact. Supporters argue it can stabilize grids and bootstrap renewable projects.
In 2021 El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, rolling out a national wallet and BTC-backed experiments.
Regulated spot ETFs opened the door for pensions and funds to get BTC exposure without handling private keys, bringing new waves of liquidity.
To handle small payments, developers built layer-2 networks such as Lightning, enabling instant, low-fee transactions while the base layer focuses on settlement.
Satoshi disappeared from public view around 2010–2011, leaving over a million unmoved coins and a mystery that still fuels endless theories.
Enter your birth year and see how your life lines up with halvings and the final BTC.
Play with simple scenarios. All numbers are rough, static estimates — not financial advice.
Common fears on the front, simple context on the back. Tap a card to flip.
It goes up fast, crashes hard, and every time headlines call it dead.
BTC has crashed 80%+ multiple times, yet the network kept running and adoption kept growing, especially after each bear market.
Dark markets and ransomware made headlines, so it must be mostly illegal money.
Every BTC transaction lives on a public ledger. Law enforcement actively tracks flows, and the majority of volume today is on regulated platforms.
If it grows too large, states will simply shut it down.
Some countries restricted BTC, others embraced it or regulated it. A global, open-source network with thousands of nodes is difficult to ban everywhere.
Ten minutes per block feels unusable compared with instant cards or apps.
The base chain is for settlement, not coffee. Layer-2 networks like Lightning handle instant payments on top while the base layer stays conservative.
Mining is often portrayed as pure emissions with no benefit.
Mining secures trillions in value and increasingly taps stranded or wasted energy. The debate shifted from “waste” to “how to make it cleaner”.
After every crash, some call BTC a failed experiment headed to zero.
Liquidity, infrastructure, holders and miners form a powerful network effect. Zero is always theoretically possible, but every cycle so far built deeper foundations.