Why is bitcoin halving - and when? How halving event could 影響する／感情 the cryptocurrency's value
- April will be first bitcoin halving event since 11 May 2020
- Next halving event 推定する／予想するd to be いつか in 2028?
The first Bitcoin 'halving' event in four years is 推定する／予想するd to happen next week and will kickstart a new 一時期／支部 for the world's biggest cryptocurrency and the 規模 at which it is 地雷d.?
The past few months has seen a meteoric rise in the price of bitcoin, with the introduction of 位置／汚点／見つけ出す price ETFs in the US supercharging 伸び（る）s to fresh 記録，記録的な／記録する highs above $70,000.
While the price of bitcoin has fallen 支援する わずかに from its 頂点（に達する） of $73,805.27 in March, 投資家s are primed for the 資産's first halving event since May 2020.?
This is Money looks at what bitcoin halving is, why it is happening now and how this could 衝撃 its value.?
In a 企て，努力，提案 to cont rol the 供給（する） of new bitcoins, halving occurs when 210,000 封鎖するs are 地雷d, with the reward for 首尾よく 採掘 減ずるd by 50 per cent
What is bitcoin 採掘?
Before understanding how halving 作品 it is important to know how new bitcoin enter 循環／発行部数.
Bitcoin 採掘 is the 過程 in which 処理／取引s are made as new bitcoins enter the 循環／発行部数 in a blockchain.
The 目的 of 採掘 is to 実証する 処理／取引s to 妨げる 詐欺, 同様に as 追加するing new 封鎖するs to the blockchain ledger.
Bitcoin 採掘 伴う／関わるs using a powerful computer to solve コンビナート／複合体 hash puzzles. The first 使用者 - or 鉱夫 - to solve the puzzle is rewarded with bitcoin.
What is bitcoin halving??
In a 企て，努力，提案 to 支配（する）／統制する the 供給（する） of new bitcoin, halving occurs when 210,000 封鎖するs are 地雷d, with the reward for 首尾よく 採掘 減ずるd by 50 per cent.
This happens every four years or so and helps smooth new 供給（する） of bitcoin, which is capped at 21 million coins.
The next halving is 推定する／予想するd to take place on 18 April - but could be a few days sooner or later.?
By 2140 it is 推定する／予想するd that the 全体にわたる cap on the number of coins 利用できる will be 攻撃する，衝突する.?
Why is it happening?
It is hard to know for sure why bitcoin was 始める，決める up in this way.
As eToro market 分析家 Simon Peters points out, bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto keeps a very low profile with his last public 声明s coming in 2010.?
Many believe Nakamoto may not even 存在する and the 指名する is a pseudonym used by the 初めの creator - or creators - of bitcoin.?
Peters says 'the most 論理（学）の theory' is that by 徐々に 減ずるing the 量 of new coins entering 循環／発行部数 'halving helps 増加する the value of the 網状組織 over time'.
He 追加するs: 'This month's halving will see the reward 減少（する） from 6.25 to 3.125 bitcoin per 封鎖する, meaning the 年次の 供給（する） インフレーション 率 will 効果的に 落ちる from 1.7 per cent to 0.84 per cent.'
How could halving 衝撃 the price of bitcoin??
Bundeep Rangar, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある at?Fineqia International, told This Is Money that bitcoin halving events have '歴史的に been associated with 重要な price 増加するs'.?
He explained that the 削減 in the 率 of new coin 創造 leads to a 減少（する） in selling 圧力 on 鉱夫s.
This can therefore 与える／捧げる to a 供給（する） 不足 and 運動 up prices if 需要・要求する remains constant or 増加するs.
eToro's Peters 追加するs that many in the crypto community believe that this month's halving could see the price of bitcoin 押し進める に向かって the six-人物／姿／数字 示す.
He says: 'The last bitcoin halving took place in May 2020, when the price was around the £7,000 示す, a small fraction of what it is today.?
'With 投資家 利益／興味 in bitcoin already reignited by the 是認 of 位置／汚点／見つけ出す ETFs earlier in the year, many in the crypto community believe this month's halving could 燃料 even more 肯定的な 感情 around bitcoin and 押し進める the price に向かって the $100,000 示す.'?
After this event, when is the next halving likely to be??
Although it is hard to say when 正確に／まさに this date will occur, Peters 見積（る）s that this will likely take place に向かって the end of the first ４半期/4分の1 of 2028.
Fineqia's Rangar 追加するd: 'Given that each 封鎖する is 地雷d 概略で every 10 minutes, and with an 普通の／平均（する） of 144 封鎖するs per day, the next halving should occur だいたい four years from the date of the 現在の halving event.'
Bitcoin was 貿易（する）ing below $9,000 before the last halving event?
