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Active addresses alone don't prove absolute growth; they're indicators of activity and one way to gauge potential growth

A comparison of five cryptocurrencies with similar goals as money and for P2P transactions, measured from August 1, 2017 (Growth/Decline since 2017 in parentheses)
Bitcoin (-70.55%)
Bitcoin Cash (-3.2%)*
Litecoin (+811.45%)

Dogecoin (+88.84%)
Dash (+546.02%)**

  • August 1, 2017 was excluded for BCH due to an anomalous 296k active addresses on launch day and an airdrop to Bitcoin holders, making it an outlier

** Dash's percentage reflects a recent spike in active addresses and may not match the average/median trend prior to 9/23/25; it would need to sustain current daily active addresses to be considered a new normal. If the last week is not representative, Dash is roughly at 2017 levels