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Bitcoin Halving

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Introduction A block halving is a process of sinking the rate at which fresh cryptocurrency units are created. Precisely, it denotes the periodical halving occasion that cut the block rewards provided to  Bitcoin  miners. The date and timing of Bitcoin halving are at 08:41:30 GMT on 12 May 2020. Simply you can understand that after every 210,000 blocks, the Bitcoin block reward will be half of the current rewards for miners. They will be receiving just 50% less BTC for every transaction verification. This event takes place every four years, and the code of halving Bitcoin can be found on the Bitcoin Core Github. Bitcoin halving has many names like Bitcoin havening, reward drop, reward splitting, and reward halving. We will learn more about Bitcoin Halving from the article below. Significance This is the fundamental of the cryptocurrency economic model as it ensures the digital coins will be dispensed at a stable rate, following an expected decaying rate. This differentiates t