Bitcoin YearsFebruary 2011 Bitcoin price in February 2011
Bitcoin opened February 2011 at about $0.71. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $0.71
- Change on previous month
- +137%
- Change on a year earlier
- –
The price in context
On Feb 1, 2011, Bitcoin was priced at about $0.71. That is up 137% from January, when it started the month at $0.30.
That was the 6th biggest one-month rise in our data since 2010, out of 196 months.
In 2011, first-of-month prices ranged from $0.30 in January to $15.40 in July.
Twelve months later, in February 2012, the price was $6.08 (+756%).
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 109,184 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
Bitcoin reaches $1. In February 2011, one bitcoin was worth one US dollar for the first time.
The Silk Road marketplace launches, giving Bitcoin its first large and controversial real-world use. More →
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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