What ‘Bitcoin Halving’ Means (and Why It Matters) The amount of bitcoin available is expected to cut in half on April 20, 2024.

Bitcoin halving is likely this week — here’s what you need to know The bitcoin halving usually precedes a price rise for the cryptocurrency to a new all-time high. But this time, things are different.

The Halving Highlights Why Bitcoin Needs to Upgrade Higher fees from Ordinals and BRC-20 may be good for miners but they risk pushing activity to the fragmented world of L2s and harming adoption of Bitcoin around the world. Proposals for “OP_CAT” and CTV would upgrade the network and allow more innovation at the chain-level, says Bob Bodily, CEO of Bioniq, an Ordinals marketplace.

How the Halving Will Impact the Bitcoin Market While speculators will likely position themselves in advance of the halving on April 20, long- term investors should pay minimal attention to the halving itself, and rather focus on the demand side of the market, says Torbjørn Bull Jenssen, CEO of K33.

6 Ways the Halving Will Impact Bitcoin Mining The next Bitcoin halving, scheduled for April 20, is poised to significantly impact the mining landscape. Below Jaran Mellerud, of Hashlabs Mining, forecasts for what lies ahead.

Where Will Bitcoin Mining Be After the Halving?

Litecoin Plunges 6% to Fresh Monthly Lows on Halving Day Historically, LTC tended to peak ahead of its halving event, when miner rewards are slashed.

Litecoin Undergoes Third ‘Halving,’ in Milestone for 12-Year-Old Blockchain The blockchain’s “halving,” where the pace of new issuance of cryptocurrency gets cut in half every four years, took place Wednesday, when it reached data block 2,520,000.

Litecoin ‘Halving,’ Set for Wednesday, Should Harden Supplies of ‘Digital Silver’ The once-ever-four-years “halving” on the Litecoin blockchain, set for Wednesday, means that the pace of new issuance of units of the LTC cryptocurrency will be cut in half. The dynamic is similar to the “hard money” mechanics that crypto analysts say helps to boost bitcoin’s price.

How Miners Are Preparing for the Next Bitcoin Halving Bitcoin’s fourth “halving” next April poses miners with strategic questions around equipment, energy use and diversification. This story is part of CoinDesk’s Mining Week 2023.