Price
PriceNotable
Bitcoin Dominance Falls Below 40%
Altcoin mania pushed Bitcoin's market share to multi-year lows.
During the ICO bubble peak, capital flooded into Ethereum and new tokens. BTC dominance under 40% marked peak crypto exuberance before the long 2018 bear market.
Tags
#dominance#altseason
What else happened around this time?
ProtocolLegendary
BIP 91 Locks In — SegWit Path Cleared
Miners signal overwhelming support for SegWit activation.
BTC $2,700#segwit#uasf
ForksLegendary
Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork
Contentious fork creates Bitcoin Cash at block 478,558.
BTC $2,800#bitcoin-cash#fork
ProtocolEpoch
SegWit Activates
Segregated Witness goes live at block 481,824.
BTC $4,200#segwit#upgrade
ForksNotable
Bitcoin Gold Fork
Another contentious fork aiming to 'decentralize' mining with GPU algorithm.
BTC $5,600#bitcoin-gold#fork