August 2017 Bitcoin price in August 2017
Bitcoin opened August 2017 at about $2,718. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $2,718
- Change on previous month
- +12%
- Change on a year earlier
- +348%
The price in context
On Aug 1, 2017, Bitcoin was priced at about $2,718. That is up 12% from July, when it started the month at $2,435.
In 2017, first-of-month prices ranged from $989.02 in February to $10,976 in December.
A year earlier, in August 2016, the price was $606.27, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 348%.
Twelve months later, in August 2018, the price was $7,625 (+181%).
By this month, Bitcoin had been through 2 halvings.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($84,853, Oct 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 31 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
Bitcoin Cash splits off. On August 1, 2017, part of the community split from Bitcoin to create Bitcoin Cash, a new coin with bigger blocks.
SegWit activates. On August 24, 2017, Segregated Witness (SegWit) activated, the biggest change to Bitcoin’s rules since launch.
Price by month in 2017
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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