Bitcoin halving event now just a month away, expected to occur on 4/20

Bitcoin’s fourth halving is estimated to arrive on April 20, with the block reward dropping from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC.

Bitcoin’s next halving event is now just a calendar month away with approximately 4,450 blocks to go, according to estimates from The Block’s Bitcoin Halving Countdown page.

There have been three halving events in Bitcoin's history, reducing its block reward inflation from 50 BTC to 25 BTC in 2012, then to 12.5 BTC in 2016 and 6.25 BTC at the last halving on May 11, 2020. In the long term, there will only ever be 21 million bitcoins in existence. The halving events will continue until the last bitcoin is expected to be mined around the year 2140. After this, miners will only earn from transaction fees.

The report added that the impact of the halving will not be visible immediately "but will be reflected gradually over time as the supply deficit induced by the halving itself accumulates only gradually over time."

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