Then and Now: Key Bitcoin Stats and Figures [INFOGRAPHIC] via Visual Capitalist
On the weekend, the Bitcoin ecosystem reached an extremely important milestone.
Taking place roughly every four years, the “halving event” officially occurred on July 9, cutting the reward for mining a block in half. In this case, the reward went from 25 BTC to 12.5 BTC.
Why is this such a cause for celebration?
It’s because halving is a planned part of the Bitcoin ecosystem to curtail new supply of the popular cryptocurrency. Eventually inflation is supposed to mimic the limited increase of new gold mined each year, rising just under 2% annually.
http://www.valuewalk.com/2016/07/bitcoi-returns-cagr/
