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Current Block Times Suggest Bitcoin’s Halving Is Coming Sooner Than Expected

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Bitcoin’s hashrate has been running hot despite the lower prices and the recent difficulty increases. In fact, blocks are being discovered faster than the ten-minute block interval average and because of this factor, the network’s reward halving may come sooner than expected. While some halving counters that simply leverage the ten-minute average note the halving … Read more

Bitcoin’s Mathematical Monetary Policy Is Far More Predictable Than Gold and Fiat Currencies

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This past April, records show that 19 million bitcoins have been mined into existence and 133 days later, there are 1.88 million bitcoins left to mint today. The network’s block subsidy halving is expected to occur on or around April 20, 2024, as there are less than 91,000 bitcoins left to mine until that point. … Read more

Will Bitcoin Fall to $13,800? — What an 80% Drawdown Will Look Like From Here

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On Monday, June 15, 2022, the price of bitcoin tapped a low not seen since mid-December 2020 as the price hit $20,080 per unit. A large number of crypto supporters are debating whether or not the drop is the market’s bottom or if the fall could lead to deeper losses. At the time of writing, … Read more

Bitcoin Block Data Shows Top 5 Pools Retained Over 71% of the Global Hashrate Last Month

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During the last 30 days, the price of bitcoin has lost more than 22% against the U.S. dollar but during that time, Bitcoin’s hashrate has remained above 200 exahash per second (EH/s). While 16 known mining pools mined the leading crypto asset during the last month, the top five mining pools retained 71.4% of the … Read more