August 2011 Bitcoin price in August 2011
Bitcoin opened August 2011 at about $13.09. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $13.09
- Change on previous month
- −15%
- Change on a year earlier
- +21,717%
The price in context
On Aug 1, 2011, Bitcoin was priced at about $13.09. That is down 15% from July, when it started the month at $15.40.
In 2011, first-of-month prices ranged from $0.30 in January to $15.40 in July.
A year earlier, in August 2010, the price was $0.06, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 21,717%.
Twelve months later, in August 2012, the price was $9.56 (−27%).
No halving had taken place yet.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($84,853, Oct 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 6,482 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
Price by month in 2011
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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