Is halving a big damage to mining pools?

[DoublerHunter]

Halving did make the Bitcoin rewards from mining to 6.25 BTC, but I'm sure the miners won't complain, the price of Bitcoin is still reasonable, the miners still accept it because they haven't lost profits, if they have been mining Bitcoin since 2010 there's nothing to worry about it, if they have Bitcoin reserves to repay losses if necessary

^ Because I believe in the Law of Supply and Demand and it is one factor that affects the price of anything in the market like more demands in bitcoin with lesser supply in bitcoin probably cause a pump on the price but if we will have a lesser demand and with a huge supply of bitcoins may dump the price. Halving will cause two things some miners may quit and rewards will be halved definitely these two will give us a lower supply of bitcoins and if the demand will still be the same or will be increased then we can expect a pump on bitcoin's price. Nevertheless, since halving causes a lower reward that can be mine we may expect a continuous increase in the price that may be slow but definitely it will since people around the globe also start to embrace the bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

[STT]

Its a change or tightening to the protocol, I wouldnt worry especially about this event because the difficulty is constantly being raised on the miners.   Im not sure if I completely agree with that idea because lower difficulty could lower the block times to 5 minutes instead of 10 but this is what has been decided.   Higher diff is constantly causing hardware to become redundant and I dont view the block reward changing as much different, the price of BTC itself must justify all work done also.
   All these factors will inter relate and effect each other and its been going on a while now, many doubted it would work yet somehow it has thus far.

[bitgolden]

Maybe it would be bigger than what we imagine but I still think that pools are making money basically by just existing so they do kinda deserve to not make this much money anyway. However do not forget that pools are making money depending on what their miners are making, which means let's say you are a pool with 1000th and your miners mine certain amount, if tomorrow there is a 1000th more coming into your pool you will not be losing anything.

So, the result is pools should be trying to get as much people as they can to mine in their pool to make money. However when there is a result for the pools which doesn't even cost any money by just getting more people there is no result for the miners but to spend money and get more machines and mine more bitcoin to make the same profits.

[whyrqa]

Undoubtedly, today there are a lot of nuances that are debating that put miners and other Bitcoin users at a disadvantage after halving.  but it should also be noted that reducing the level of remuneration for mining Bitcoin reduces the level of inflation.  thus increasing the deficit of Bitcoin, puts cryptocurrency in a better position, If you compare Bitcoin with the most famous fiat currencies, as well as gold metal.

[Findingnemo]

Miners may choose to stop operating due to lesser rewards but who are doing mining in the large scale won't stop it and I believe they already hold enough bitcoins to survive the near future expenses, once they survive that the prices will hit too hard in this year or in next by that time they will be getting huge rewards in USD based calculation.

[buwaytress]

Its a change or tightening to the protocol, I wouldnt worry especially about this event because the difficulty is constantly being raised on the miners.   Im not sure if I completely agree with that idea because lower difficulty could lower the block times to 5 minutes instead of 10 but this is what has been decided.   Higher diff is constantly causing hardware to become redundant and I dont view the block reward changing as much different, the price of BTC itself must justify all work done also.
   All these factors will inter relate and effect each other and its been going on a while now, many doubted it would work yet somehow it has thus far.

Actually, it's funny that people are actually worrying about halving. There was really no such concern that I recall in 2016, and doesn't seem like there's much online to suggest people were worried in 2012 either, but I guess this one was hyped so much to the point that people are now wondering if capitulation really is about to happen.

Halving's supposed to be a good thing, and 6.25 btc, or even 3.125 or 1.5625, for that matter, is still a crapload of rewards for the next 12 years. Plenty of time to not worry =p

[pooya87]

There was really no such concern that I recall in 2016,

then you are forgetful
there was 10 times more  drama circling the previous halving in 2016 than there was this year. there was even a big scale FUD campaign with the keyword downward spiral where they tried convincing everyone that as soon as reward goes from 25 to 12.5 a large number of miners leave and from there price falls and hashrate falls alongside until bitcoin dies within months from halving.
today we know what happened in a couple of months after halving! hashrate also started rising shortly after halving...

[Bezobraznike]

Halving did make the Bitcoin rewards from mining to 6.25 BTC, but I'm sure the miners won't complain, the price of Bitcoin is still reasonable, the miners still accept it because they haven't lost profits, if they have been mining Bitcoin since 2010 there's nothing to worry about it, if they have Bitcoin reserves to repay losses if necessary

   Some will not complain, some will have to stop with Bitcoin mining and start mining some other coin.
Profitability is important, and every miner have some ideas and plans.
   It's not the first halving, experienced miners are prepared for this event! They had 4 years to prepare
for this and many of them did that!

[beerlover]

After the block-halving, the supply will reduce which will lead to the price increase, and demand will increase due to attractive prices increased with the help of low supply.


I don't see that it will cause some damage to the mining pools after block-halving but I think only miners who will suffer due to halved rewards they get and due to operational cost.

Probably he referred the miners by using the term "mining pool".

Unlike you mentioned, price increase will not happen immediately following the halving. That is where the point, OP is referring. Until, prices turn profitable, definitely miners will suffer which may lead to less number of miners in a mining pool; and probably OP is mentioning that situation as a damage .

The time gap between halving and BTC prices to become profitable for miners must be a struggling period for both miners and common bitcoiners. Yes, we are the people who suffer because of 100x more tx fees than usual. People who make 1 or 2 transaction per month may not suffer but the others. So, halvings do damage not only the miners but also the frequent BTC transactor. The only consoling thing is, expectation of higher value for BTC in near future as past halving have done that so why not this time as well .

[KTChampions]

Probably he referred the miners by using the term "mining pool".

Unlike you mentioned, price increase will not happen immediately following the halving. That is where the point, OP is referring. Until, prices turn profitable, definitely miners will suffer which may lead to less number of miners in a mining pool; and probably OP is mentioning that situation as a damage .

The time gap between halving and BTC prices to become profitable for miners must be a struggling period for both miners and common bitcoiners. Yes, we are the people who suffer because of 100x more tx fees than usual. People who make 1 or 2 transaction per month may not suffer but the others. So, halvings do damage not only the miners but also the frequent BTC transactor. The only consoling thing is, expectation of higher value for BTC in near future as past halving have done that so why not this time as well .

If this period is long enough, then new models of miners will have time to capture the market and miners who own old equipment will not have a chance to return to the market even if the price of bitcoin increases. Surely for them it is a big blow. But for the ecosystem, I think this is good - since energy efficiency increases when disconnecting miners with old equipment.

[STT]

Bitcoin has got to the size where the pools are corporate entities who have annual accounts and taxes and expenses.   The halvening will have some effect but its also alongside energy costs falling and other bonuses and challenges we are seeing currently.   The main concern is the ongoing demand for BTC usage, fees have risen ever since the halvening so despite the block reward going down people are paying more and its possible the pools are doing quite fine.
    Year to year I think they are ok so long as BTC is rising in its usage and population and thats the real question for everyone on the network I think.

[Oasisman]

Bitcoin has got to the size where the pools are corporate entities who have annual accounts and taxes and expenses.   The halvening will have some effect but its also alongside energy costs falling and other bonuses and challenges we are seeing currently.   The main concern is the ongoing demand for BTC usage, fees have risen ever since the halvening so despite the block reward going down people are paying more and its possible the pools are doing quite fine.
    Year to year I think they are ok so long as BTC is rising in its usage and population and thats the real question for everyone on the network I think.

The lesser the miners generate new Bitcoin into circulation, the higher the demand, because of low supply production, that explains why there's such a huge increase of Bitcoin price months after the halving.
So, I guess you're right mining pools would be fine, because they're not only earning the block rewards but also the transaction fees, which I also guess the Bitcoin adaption will increase in number as time passes by.