Halvings – DIGIT INFO

Bitcoin Miners Reach the Halfway Point to the Next Block Reward Halving

DIGIT — Fri, 06 May 2022 04:30:52 +0000

On May 5, 2022, at block height 735,000, the bitcoin mining pool Poolin mined the 105,000th block reward since the last halving. The mined block also represents the halfway point to the next halving that is estimated to take place on or around April 27, 2024. Block 735,000 follows the network issuing over 19 million […]

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90% of Bitcoin’s Supply Cap Has Been Issued, Miners Have 119 Years Left to Mine BTC

DIGIT — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:30:27 +0000

On December 12, crypto advocates celebrated the fact that 90% of the 21 million bitcoins that will ever exist have been mined into circulation. Currently, Bitcoin’s inflation rate per annum is around 1.88%, which is lower than the central banks’ traditional 2% target reference. Furthermore, in 875 days, the network’s inflation rate is expected to […]

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In-Between Bitcoin Halvings: Analyst Proves Bitcoin’s Price Not Bound 4-Year Cycles

DIGIT — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 14:02:56 +0000

Crypto traders and analysts have always looked to the halvings for some kind of clues in order to predict the future price of bitcoin. A number of traders also think that BTC price movements shift every four years and speculators often use the halvings as milestone markers. On March 28, crypto Youtube host and digital […]

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Industry Execs Claim Freshly Minted ‘Virgin Bitcoins’ Fetch 20% Premium

DIGIT — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 21:30:20 +0000

A few blockchain surveillance companies like Cyphertrace have recently published reports on criminal activities tied to bitcoin usage and the studies mentioned the topic of “virgin bitcoins.” According to industry executives, freshly minted bitcoins with no transaction history can sell for a 10-20% premium compared to coins sold on the open market. Even though the […]

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Three High Profile Crypto Networks Face Reward Halvings This Spring

DIGIT — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:05:56 +0000

This spring, three of the largest crypto networks, BTC, BCH, and BSV, will undergo their halvings around the same time for the first time in history. During the last halving in 2016, only one network existed, but now three protocols share the same consensus algorithm. Google Trends shows that searches for the term “bitcoin halving” […]

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