OT: 3.125 BTC

anon1758050382

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We are 0 blocks away from the fourth bitcoin halving event. The supply issuance decreased from 6.25 BTC every ~10 minutes to 3.125 BTC every ~10 minutes.

For those that want to learn (6 min read):
  • Every 210,000 blocks or roughly 4 years, the amount of new bitcoin miners can mint per block is cut in half.
  • From 2009-2013, 50 BTC were minted per block. After 34 halvings, the total supply of Bitcoin will cease growing and rest at just below 21 million BTC.
  • Block rewards are critical to incentivizing miners in the early years, but as the block reward shrinks in size, miners will need to draw revenue from transaction fees.
  • Miners usually exert sell pressure on the market by selling the block rewards to cover their high operating costs. When these rewards are cut in half, sell pressure may also decrease, yielding a price rise.
You can watch it happen in real-time using this block explorer:
Block 840,000 is the halving block.

You can also follow along on the livestream:
 
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anon1758050382

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We successfully enforced the protocol’s monetary policy. Next halving in four years.

bitcoin price at halving:
2020-$9,300
2024-$63,800
2028-??
 

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Bitcoin is a ponzi scheme created to collapse the entire economy to establish a fascist world order. I learned this from a flyer distributed today by a very committed believer.
 
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jethreauxdawg

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I bought the ET dip earlier this week, and it’s up about 5% since I bought. Not Bitcoin money, but my slow money is gaining steam.
 
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