August 2023 Bitcoin Calendar

Bitcoin Calendar

Calendar for Bitcoin and other important economic dates.

Events for August 2023

Tue

Bitcoin Independence Day was a term coined for the August 1st, 2017 plan for a user-activated soft fork (UASF) to activate Segregated Witness.

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Wed

Segwit Lock In Day

Segregated Witness (Segwit) officially 'locked in' on August 9, 2017, beginning the two week gracfe period before activation.

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Thu

CPI Report

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) index measures inflation in the US economy based on a fixed basket of goods. As of late, the results of the CPI report have created movement in Bitcoin's price.

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Fri

Bitcoin.org Domain Registered

Satoshi registers the domain name of bitcoin.org.

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Mon

Bitcoin Infinity Day

Bitcoin Infinity Day celebrates the concept of all value being divided into 21 million units (total amount of bitcoin) and encourages users to only hold and sell on August 21.

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Wed

Segwit Activation Day

Segregated Witness (Segwit) officially 'activated' on August 23, 2017, marking an end to the transaction malleability bug and the beginning of bitcoin's lightning network.

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Thu

BitBlockBoom

Network with fellow Bitcoiners in Austin, Texas. August 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th, 2023. We talk about Bitcoin, Bitcoin, and more Bitcoin.

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