Bitcoin Halving


Tech

Bitcoin Halving Has Crypto Miners Racing for 'Epic Sat' Potentially Worth Millions

Bitcoin's once-every-four-years "halving" this week may be very different from those of earlier epochs, typically ho-hum affairs. Now, an intense competition is underway to mine the first block after the halving, which could contain a rare and collectible fragment of a bitcoin known as an "epic sat."

16:9 Treasure chest (Ashin K Suresh/Unsplash)

Opinion

Why Bitcoin Halving Calculators Are Out of Sync

The famously pre-planned, programmatic event, currently predicted for April 19, is surprisingly hard to predict at minute scales.

The bitcoin halving could lead to a "miner exodus," CoinShares said in a new report. (Tony Litvyak/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

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.

Analysts differ on bitcoin's ultimate reaction to a spot ETF (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Willem Schroé: Building Botanix, a Bitcoin Layer 2 That Brings the EVM to Bitcoin

A Belgian polymath and his team are building a “spiderchain” network that harnesses both bitcoin’s sound money properties and Ethereum’s technological capabilities.

(Paul Mascher/Unsplash)

Tech

The Protocol: How to Engineer Harder Money, or Just Make Your Own

Bitcoin's supply growth is set to automatically drop by 50% when next week's "halving" arrives, Ethereum is pondering a cut in ETH issuance, and meme coin issuers are just no-holds-barred spinning up new ones. Blockchain tech is enabling all sorts of monetary strategies.

(Zoe Holling/Unsplash)

Markets

BTC Halving: Sell-The-News or Buy-The-Alt-Rotation

Contrasting Bitcoin derivatives with Ethereum’s tells us a story around the potential opportunity for a post-halving rotation.

(Brian Wangenheim/Unsplash)

Markets

Did Strong Bitcoin ETF Demand Kill Halving's Potential Bullish Rally?

The much stronger-than-expected inflows into the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have already caused concerns about a supply shock in the bitcoin market, potentially taking away some of the impacts of the halving.

a cleaver chops a lemon in half

Consensus Magazine

Shinobi: How Covenants Help Scale Bitcoin

Bitcoin Magazine’s technical editor says it’s necessary to implement covenants - which allow joint ownership of UTXOs - if Bitcoin is to fulfill its promise of bringing financial self-sovereignty to people globally.

Bitcoin sculpture made from scrap metal outside the BitCluster mining farm in Norilsk, Russia.

Opinion

Bitcoin’s Future as Currency

Bitcoin has flourished as digital gold. But, in the long-term, its biggest impact will be in denominating business and trade, says Zac Townsend, CEO of Meanwhile.

(Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images)

Consensus Magazine

12 Future Bitcoin Scenarios: From Bullish to Bearish

Predictions from Anthony Pompliano, Des Dickerson, Cory Klippsten, Isaiah Jackson, David Johnston, Wendy O, Cas Piancey, and others.

(Getty Images)

Pageof 7