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Title: [2016-07-09] The Halving: Then & Now - a Bitcoin Magazine Infographic
Post by: tyz on July 09, 2016, 06:30:25 PM
The Halving: Then & Now - a Bitcoin Magazine Infographic
A milestone in Bitcoin’s history, the block reward will be halved for the second time today. Where the first “halving” cut the mining reward from 50 bitcoins to 25, for the next four years miners will only earn 12.5 bitcoins for each block they find - not counting mining fees.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/the-halving-then-now-a-bitcoin-magazine-infographic-1468082535


Title: Re: [2016-07-09] The Halving: Then & Now - a Bitcoin Magazine Infographic
Post by: coinzat on July 10, 2016, 07:08:14 PM
What grabbed my attention in this infographic is the huge decline in the nodes number. the main reason is people tend to use wallets that does not require running full node to save their internet bandwidth and because the huge size of blockchain