Bitcoin YearsJanuary 2011 Bitcoin price in January 2011
Bitcoin opened January 2011 at about $0.30. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $0.30
- Change on previous month
- +30%
- Change on a year earlier
- –
The price in context
On Jan 1, 2011, Bitcoin was priced at about $0.30. That is up 30% from December, when it started the month at $0.23.
In 2011, first-of-month prices ranged from $0.30 in January to $15.40 in July. January was the lowest monthly price of the year.
Twelve months later, in January 2012, the price was $5.28 (+1,660%).
No halving had taken place yet.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($77,521, Nov 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 258,403 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
Nearby in Bitcoin history
No major event is recorded on our site for this month. The closest ones:
Satoshi asks WikiLeaks not to use Bitcoin. With WikiLeaks cut off by payment companies, Satoshi Nakamoto writes that the young project is not ready for that kind of attention and asks them not to “bring it on”.
Bitcoin reaches $1. In February 2011, one bitcoin was worth one US dollar for the first time.
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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