Skip to content
Subscribe
  • Home
  • Services
  • Video
  • Events
Subscribe

Reading

Bitcoin Reaches One Billion Active Wallet Addresses
News Markets

Bitcoin Reaches One Billion Active Wallet Addresses

Leon Siegmund
By: Leon Siegmund
Aug 15, 2022
3 min read
Bitcoin Reaches One Billion Active Wallet Addresses

According to on-chain data from Glassnode, the Bitcoin network has registered over one billion bitcoin addresses.

What sounds like an incredible number is the story of a startup growing into a global player. Once upon a time it was 2008. Satoshi Nakamoto and his team successfully built Bitcoin and created two working bitcoin wallet addresses.

14 years later, August 2022. There are now an excess of a billion Bitcoin wallet addresses recorded on the bitcoin blockchain.

The enormous growth reflects how valuable bitcoin has become as a store of value and as a global settlement layer. Sending a bitcoin transaction only costs cents yet has no limit in transaction volume.

Startups, banks, institutions and asset mangers around the world have accelerated bitcoin’s growth, however many are concerned that too many people keep their bitcoin stash on exchanges.

On the protocol level, bitcoin is transferable beyond borders and political influence and resists any censorship. Anyone can create as many bitcoin wallets as he wishes and doesn’t need to ask for permission.

Permissionlessness, simplicity and the fact that once you own your private keys, nobody can freeze your money are great prerequisites to achieve mass adoption with a revolutionary financial technology.

Bitcoin spreads not just among the rich and powerful, but especially among the unbanked and those who are excluded by the legacy financial system.


https://bitcoinnews.com/mobile-bitcoin-wave-lighting-could-replace-phone-credit-in-africa

Stay on top of Bitcoin
news, get weekly updates
in your inbox.

Recommended News

Markets
Markets
Metaplanet Overtakes Tesla as 7th Largest Corporate Holder of Bitcoin
Jun 27, 2025
2 min read
By: Alex Lari
Markets
Markets
Metaplanet Boosts Bitcoin Strategy, Pumps $5B into US Subsidiary
Jun 25, 2025
2 min read
By: Alex Lari
Markets
Markets
Semler Scientific Raises Bitcoin Treasury Target to 105,000 BTC by 2027
Jun 22, 2025
2 min read
By: Alex Lari
All News
Accelerating Adoption
News
  • Adoption
  • Legal
  • Markets
  • Mining
  • Opinion
  • Press Release
  • Learn
  • Sponsored
Company
  • About Us
  • Brand Assets
  • Newsletter
  • Services
  • Site Map
  • Terms & Privacy
Connect
  • Contact Us
  • Contribute
  • Services
  • Media Partner
  • RSS
  • Videos
Social Media
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Telegram
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • Nostr
  • TikTok
  • Flipboard

© A Bitcoin-Focused Company | 256 Media, 2024

Language Switcher
Search
  • News
    • Adoption
    • Legal
    • Markets
    • Mining
    • Opinion
    • Press Release
    • Learn
    • Interviews
  • Services
  • Video
  • Events
  • News
    • Adoption
    • Interviews
    • Learn
    • Legal
    • Markets
    • Mining
    • Opinion
    • Press Release
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Newsletter
Search

Popular Articles

Lnfi Network Integrates RGB to Complete Lightning Network’s Value Stack
June 27, 2025 · 2 min
Metaplanet Overtakes Tesla as 7th Largest Corporate Holder of Bitcoin
June 27, 2025 · 2 min
Castle Raises $1M to Automate Bitcoin Treasury Solution
June 26, 2025 · 3 min
Arizona One Step Away from Creating Bitcoin Reserve Fund with Seized BTC
June 26, 2025 · 2 min
Bitlayer Co-Founder Charlie Hu on Unlocking Bitcoin’s DeFi Potential
June 25, 2025 · 3 min
Zac Guignard and Orange-Pilling the Next Gen at Learning Bitcoin
June 25, 2025 · 6 min

Bitcoin Only
Newsletter

Get weekly news roundups direct to your inbox!