<p>No, the largest output ever created was 500,000 BTC:<br />
<a href="https://mempool.space/tx/29a3efd3ef04f9153d47a990bd7b048a4b2d213daaa5fb8ed670fb85f13bdbcf" rel="noreferrer">29a3efd3ef04f9153d47a990bd7b048a4b2d213daaa5fb8ed670fb85f13bdbcf</a></p>
<p>I used this Blockchair query to find out: <a href="https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/outputs?s=value(desc)#f=index,time,value,recipient,is_spent,transaction_hash" rel="noreferrer">https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/outputs?s=value(desc)#f=index,time,value,recipient,is_spent,transaction_hash</a></p>
<p>All of the runner-ups seem to be change outputs in the descendants of this transaction.</p>
<p>This transaction is also the transaction with the largest output amount ever, at 550,000 BTC.</p>

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2023-07-21T02:57:50.550Z
This transaction occurred in mid-November 2011, when the price of a bitcoin was in the range of $2.00-2.50 USD. So interestingly, while this is the largest UTXO in terms of BTC value, it is not even close to the largest UTXO, in terms of (*insert your favourite fiat currency here*) value!
chytrik
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2023-07-20T12:01:37.940Z
2023-07-20T12:01:37.940Z
Vojtěch Strnad
<p>In transaction ID <a href="https://blockstream.info/tx/8f8210694d3631a88ff410c573d80caf57db1d8af397bd47687aa4e4c1802464" rel="noreferrer">8f8210694d3631a88ff410c573d80caf57db1d8af397bd47687aa4e4c1802464</a>, mined in Block 104770, from early 2011, someone consolidated exactly <strong>400000.00000000 BTC</strong>.</p>
<p>Was this the biggest chunk of ₿ contained in one UTXO in the entire Bitcoin's history?</p>

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What was the largest UTXO ever created in bitcoin’s entire history?
deyw
# What was the largest UTXO ever created in bitcoin’s entire history?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-07-20)

In transaction ID [8f8210694d3631a88ff410c573d80caf57db1d8af397bd47687aa4e4c1802464](https://blockstream.info/tx/8f8210694d3631a88ff410c573d80caf57db1d8af397bd47687aa4e4c1802464), mined in Block 104770, from early 2011, someone consolidated exactly **400000.00000000 BTC**.

Was this the biggest chunk of ₿ contained in one UTXO in the entire Bitcoin's history?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-07-20. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

No, the largest output ever created was 500,000 BTC:  
[29a3efd3ef04f9153d47a990bd7b048a4b2d213daaa5fb8ed670fb85f13bdbcf](https://mempool.space/tx/29a3efd3ef04f9153d47a990bd7b048a4b2d213daaa5fb8ed670fb85f13bdbcf)

I used this Blockchair query to find out: <https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/outputs?s=value(desc)#f=index,time,value,recipient,is_spent,transaction_hash>

All of the runner-ups seem to be change outputs in the descendants of this transaction.

This transaction is also the transaction with the largest output amount ever, at 550,000 BTC.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: This transaction occurred in mid-November 2011, when the price of a bitcoin was in the range of $2.00-2.50 USD. So interestingly, while this is the largest UTXO in terms of BTC value, it is not even close to the largest UTXO, in terms of (*insert your favourite fiat currency here*) value!  

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