What You Need to Know About Bitcoin’s Pre- and Post-Halving

Bitcoin’s network operates on a fixed supply schedule, with a total cap of 21 million bitcoins. The previous halving took place in May 2020, reducing the reward for each mined block of BTC transactions from 12.5 bitcoins to 6.25 bitcoins per block. The upcoming halving will further reduce it to 3.125 BTC. 

Halving events have had significant implications for Bitcoin’s ecosystem, reducing the rate at which new Bitcoins are created and effectively slowing the supply of new coins entering the market. Coupled with increasing demand for Bitcoin, this reduction in supply has historically led to upward pressure on BTC’s price. 

Bitcoin Halving Enhances Scarcity, Bitcoin’s Key Proposition