Direct answer · Data release 1.0.0-draft.2 · chain through block 960,000 · built 2026-08-08
How many Bitcoin addresses are within a few degrees of Satoshi’s mining era?
46,510 addresses are within two degrees of the anchor set (28,583 at degree 0, 1,205 at degree 1 and 16,722 at degree 2), 1,212,738 are within three, and 459,542,622 — 33.7% of the 1,364,936,252 scored addresses — are within six, all measured through block 960,000.
“At” and “within” describe different counts
“At degree 2” counts only records assigned degree 2. “Within degree 2” adds the records at degrees 0, 1 and 2. A cumulative total is therefore not interchangeable with a single row’s count.
The percentage column uses scored addresses as its denominator. Records without an assigned degree are outside that denominator. Retain the denominator and the block-height limit when quoting a percentage from this table.
How to check this answer
- Choose whether the question is “at N” or “within N.”
- Add the degree rows from 0 through N to reproduce a cumulative count.
- Quote the scored-address denominator and the release’s block-height limit.
The data
| Degree | Addresses at this degree | Within this degree | Share of scored addresses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 28,583 | 28,583 | 0.0021% |
| 1 | 1,205 | 29,788 | 0.0022% |
| 2 | 16,722 | 46,510 | 0.0034% |
| 3 | 1,166,228 | 1,212,738 | 0.0888% |
| 4 | 33,783,666 | 34,996,404 | 2.5640% |
| 5 | 161,841,436 | 196,837,840 | 14.4210% |
| 6 | 262,704,782 | 459,542,622 | 33.6677% |
| 7 | 213,696,746 | 673,239,368 | 49.3239% |
| 8 | 140,855,386 | 814,094,754 | 59.6434% |
| 9 | 97,475,188 | 911,569,942 | 66.7848% |
| 10 | 69,746,292 | 981,316,234 | 71.8947% |
| 11 | 51,834,127 | 1,033,150,361 | 75.6922% |
| 12 | 39,751,426 | 1,072,901,787 | 78.6045% |
Evidence
- Tier boundaries in the serving release: tier 1 = degrees <=2 (46,510 addresses); tier 2 = degrees 3 (1,166,228 addresses); tier 3 = degrees 4 (33,783,666 addresses); tier 4 = degrees 5 (161,841,436 addresses); tier 5 = degrees 6 (262,704,782 addresses); tier 6 = degrees 7-8 (354,552,132 addresses); tier 7 = degrees 9+ (550,841,498 addresses). Source
- Percentile basis: share of SCORED address records (those with an eligible path under the selected rules), not of all address records. Source
- Counts come from the post-Patoshi serving histogram (t50k), the same table the lookup service uses for tiers. Source
What this answer does not claim
These are address-record counts in a defined graph release, not counts of people, wallets, payments or coins. A graph path does not establish a personal connection or ownership of Satoshi-era coins.
Related
- Methodology: tiers and percentiles
- Address-graph census (full distributions)
- What the ledger records
- Why addresses are not identities
These explanations were revised with AI assistance. Figures are computed from the stated data release; substantive content and SEO changes go through a separate source review. No named human or external expert review is implied.
Cite this answer
An answer with its evidence
Degrees of Satoshi. “How many Bitcoin addresses are within a few degrees of Satoshi’s mining era?” Answered from data release 1.0.0-draft.2, published 2026-09-23; modified 2026-10-02. https://degreesofsatoshi.com/answers/how-many-bitcoin-addresses-are-within-a-few-degrees-of-satoshi/