$BTC when the subsidy was 50 bitcoins
- Era 2 represents the days in bitcoin’s history when the subsidy was 25 bitcoins
- Era 3 represents the days in bitcoin’s history when the subsidy was 12.5 bitcoins
- Era 4 represents the days in bitcoin’s history when the subsidy was 6.25.
- Era 5 represents the days in bitcoin’s history when the subsidy was 3.125. This is the current era.
The y axis represents the price of bitcoin on one of these days, but then scales the prices of each previous era to show what similar moves in price would look like if using current era price data.
How to Interpret the Compare Bull Markets Chart
Breakouts from previous bull markets can be used to determine the potential for a new bull market. A breakout is determined when the price of Bitcoin breaks above the previous bull market high, and ends when the price falls below 70%