Live Bitcoin data built for verification and citation
Use current Bitcoin market, ETF, network and sentiment snapshots with dated source notes and direct links to the complete methodology. Journalists and researchers may cite the canonical tracker page and identify Bitcoin Almanack as the publisher.
Live values can be delayed or revised. Use the linked tracker’s timestamp and methodology in any citation. Market and sentiment readings are context, not investment advice.
Research methods, datasets and tools
Useful assets are more than numbers on a screen. This directory identifies what each Bitcoin Almanack resource measures, where its evidence comes from, how it is updated and what it cannot tell you.
Methods before conclusions
Live metrics are attributed to their upstream provider. Editorial datasets are maintained from controlled source files. Reviews distinguish hands-on testing from specification-based analysis. These disclosures make the work easier to verify, cite and correct; they do not turn an estimate into a fact or a ranking into personal financial advice.
Bitcoin Blockchain Dashboard
A site-styled view of Bitcoin price, fees, block height, mempool, difficulty, hashrate, recent blocks, mining pools and Lightning statistics.
- Sources
- mempool.space
- Update policy
- Requested through a first-party edge endpoint and refreshed from upstream live data; the page reports whether the response is live or partial.
- Limitations
- Third-party source availability and network latency can delay individual metrics. Values are informational snapshots, not trading data.
Bitcoin Market Cap Tool
Bitcoin price, estimated market capitalization and a seven-day price series presented alongside major asset comparisons.
- Sources
- mempool.space · CoinGecko fallback
- Update policy
- Fetched through the site's first-party edge endpoint with a documented fallback when the primary price source is unavailable.
- Limitations
- Market capitalization uses circulating-supply and price inputs; comparison values and short-term price observations can differ across providers.
Bitcoin Dominance Tool
Bitcoin's share of the reported cryptocurrency market capitalization, with plain-English context for interpreting the measure.
- Sources
- CoinGecko
- Update policy
- Loaded from the provider's global market endpoint when the tool is opened.
- Limitations
- Dominance depends on the provider's asset coverage, circulating-supply estimates and treatment of illiquid tokens.
Bitcoin Halving Countdown
Blocks remaining until the next subsidy halving, derived from the live Bitcoin chain tip with an estimated calendar date.
- Sources
- mempool.space
- Update policy
- Reads the current block height when the page loads and recalculates the remaining blocks and estimated date.
- Limitations
- The block-height target is deterministic; the calendar date is only an estimate because future block intervals vary.
Bitcoin Glossary
A structured collection of Bitcoin, markets, policy, custody and mining definitions used consistently throughout the site.
- Sources
- Bitcoin protocol documentation · regulatory and market primary sources · Bitcoin Almanack editorial review
- Update policy
- New terms and material definition changes are reviewed in the source dataset before the public glossary and individual term pages are regenerated.
- Limitations
- Definitions explain general usage and are not jurisdiction-specific legal, tax or investment advice.
Review and Ranking Methodology
The common evidence, scoring, testing and disclosure framework used for wallets, exchanges, miners and other commercial comparisons.
- Sources
- published product documentation · regulatory records · testing or clearly labeled specification review · fee and policy disclosures
- Update policy
- Scores and recommendations change only when material evidence changes; dates are not refreshed without substantive review.
- Limitations
- Testing scope and commercial relationships must be disclosed on the relevant review; availability, price and jurisdictional access can change.
Corrections and attribution
If a source changes, a metric appears stale or a methodology statement does not match the page, please contact the editorial team. Material factual errors are handled under our Corrections Policy. Researchers and journalists may cite a public page by its canonical URL and should identify Bitcoin Almanack as the publisher.