Sats Time Machine

What were your sats worth on any past date — and what are they worth now? Daily closes in UTC, back to April 2013.

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Why sats, not bitcoin

One bitcoin is 100,000,000 satoshis. Thinking in sats makes small amounts legible — 100,000 sats is a thousandth of a coin — and it is how most people will hold Bitcoin if it keeps appreciating. This page prices any amount of sats on any past date and against today.

Where the numbers come from

Daily closing prices in UTC, from exchange data back to 2013. Dates before 28 April 2013 are refused rather than guessed at: reliable daily pricing does not exist for Bitcoin’s earliest years, and inventing a number for 2011 would be worse than saying no.

The comparison to today uses the live spot price, so the change figure moves as the market does.

Frequently asked questions

What was Bitcoin worth on a specific date?

Enter the date and this page returns the daily closing price in UTC for it, along with what any amount of sats was worth then and what the same sats are worth now.

Why can't I pick a date before 2013?

Reliable daily closing prices for Bitcoin start around 28 April 2013. Earlier trading was thin and spread across exchanges that no longer exist, so any single 'price' for 2011 would be a guess. The page refuses rather than fabricating one.

Is the price the daily open, close or average?

The daily close in UTC. Bitcoin trades continuously with no official close, so the UTC daily close is the convention most data providers use and the one applied here.

Does it account for inflation?

No. Both figures are nominal US dollars. A dollar in 2015 bought more than a dollar today, so real returns are somewhat lower than the nominal change shown.

How many sats are in a bitcoin?

Exactly 100,000,000. The satoshi is the smallest unit the protocol records, named after Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator.

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