Miners have less than 6% of all bitcoins left to mine. Out of the planned 21 million, 19.9 million coins have already been created, which is almost 95% of the total volume.



Since the launch of the network in 2009, the emission has been regularly reduced due to the halving mechanism, and now miners receive newly issued 3.125 bitcoins for each block of transactions found.

At the same time, the volume of purchases by ETFs and companies significantly exceeds the issuance of new coins. Since the beginning of the year, American funds have purchased bitcoins worth $20 billion to back their shares, nearly double the value of all the coins mined during the same period.

Large companies are actively buying cryptocurrency, the most well-known of which is Michael Saylor's Strategy.

At the time of Bitcoin's launch in 2009, miners received 50 bitcoins per block, but during the first halving in 2012, this reward was reduced to 25 bitcoins, in 2016 to 12.5 BTC, in 2020 to 6.25 BTC, and in 2024 to 3.125 coins. The next halving is expected in 2028, followed by it around 2032.
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