What If I Bought Bitcoin - Calculator
Find out what an earlier Bitcoin investment would be worth today. The calculator uses daily prices since July 2010 and 5-minute prices since 2012; euro values are converted at each day's ECB reference rate.
Investing $1,000 in Bitcoin 5 years ago would leave you holding 0.0229 BTC worth $1,924 today. That is a return of +92%.
Buy price (daily close on September 30, 2021) $43,745, current price $84,188. Try your own amounts and dates below.
What-If Calculator
What does this calculator show?
The What-If calculator answers the classic question: "What if I had bought Bitcoin back then?" You enter an amount and a date, and see how much BTC you would have received and what that position would be worth today.
- One-time investment at any point in time
- BTC amount bought, current value and return
- Value growth charted over time
Methodology & data
Frequently asked questions
01What does the What-If calculator show?
It shows how much a one-time Bitcoin investment made on a past date would be worth today: the amount of BTC bought, its current value and the return. Example: $1,000 five years ago would be worth about $1,924 today.
02How accurate is the data?
The buy uses the daily close of the chosen day: the last price of that calendar day (UTC) in our database (5-minute resolution since 2012, daily data from 2010). US-dollar prices are real history; euro values are converted from USD at each day's ECB reference rate.
03Which date can I pick?
Any day from July 2010 to yesterday. Use the quick presets to jump to "1, 2, 5 or 10 years ago", or type any purchase date you like.
04Where does the price data come from?
From our own price database with daily data from July 2010 and 5-minute resolution since 2012. The current price updates live so the value and return are always up to date.