The fourth bitcoin halving event, scheduled on or around April 19, 2024, could be the beginning of a significant transformation in the cryptocurrency landscape. Bitcoin halvings decrease the reward granted to miners for each block mined on the bitcoin blockchain (the block subsidy) as determined by the bitcoin protocol. It is scheduled to occur roughly every four years, or every 210,000 blocks, until the entire 21 million bitcoin supply is mined, approximately by 2140. As part of bitcoin's deflationary approach to its capped supply, the upcoming halving will reduce the bitcoin supply subsidy from 6.25 to 3.125 ... (full story)