Nicole Junkermann explores Bitcoin halving


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On 11 May 2020, a twitter post of a block of code confirmed that the much-hyped third Bitcoin halving had taken place.

The halving process was built into Bitcoin’s code by its creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, to control inflation.

New Bitcoins are released when miners unlock blocks of data by verifying transactions and solving complex mathematical problems.

Every 210 000 data blocks, the rate that coins are released at to miners is halved, until the rate reaches zero, which is scheduled to happen around 2140 – capping the total number of Bitcoins at around 21 million.

Previous halvings, in 2012 and 2016, have preceded periods of rapid growth for Bitcoin, with the currency reaching a peak price of $20 000 in December 2017.

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