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The image shows the estimated number of tera hashes per second (trillions of hashes per second) the Bitcoin network has performed over the tearsyears.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blockchain Charts |url=https://www.blockchain.com/en/charts |website=blockchain.com |accessdate=25 March 2020}}</ref>
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=== Wikipedia pageviews ===
The image below shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia page {{w|Bitcoin}} from December 2007 to December 2019 on desktop, and from July 2015 (see vertical red line) to December 2019 on mobile web and mobile app. Interest peaks in November 2017, during a boom preceding the {{w|2018 cryptocurrency crash}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin Wikipedia Pageviews |url=https://wikipediaviews.org/displayviewsformultiplemonths.php?page=Bitcoin&allmonths=allmonths&language=en&drilldown=human |website=wikipediaviews.org |accessdate=29 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2017 || {{dts|August 1}} || {{w|Bitcoin fork}} || A hard fork of bitcoin known as [[wikipedia:Bitcoin Cash|Bitcoin Cash]] occurs on this day.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/02/wtf-is-bitcoin-cash-and-is-it-worth-anything/ |date=August 2, 2017 |publisher=TechCrunch |title=WTF is bitcoin cash and is it worth anything? |author=Fitz Tepper |accessdate=August 3, 2017}}</ref> ||
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| 2017 || {{dts|August 1}} || Offixial Official response (regulation) || The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issues a statement clarifying that the offer or issue of digital tokens in Singapore will be regulated by the MAS, if the digital tokens fall within the definition of “securities” regulated under the security laws.<ref name="loc.govs"/> || {{w|Singapore}}
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| 2017 || {{dts|August 2}} || Valuation || Bitcoin cash is already the third most valuable cryptocurrency –with a market value of US$7.6 billion, after {{w|Bitcoin}} (US$44.4 billion MV) and {{w|Ethereum}} (US$21 billion MV).<ref>{{cite web|title=Bitcoin cash is already the third most valuable cryptocurrency|url=https://qz.com/1044413/bitcoin-cash-is-already-the-third-most-valuable-cryptocurrency/|website=qz.com|accessdate=11 December 2017}}</ref> ||
