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corobo on Sept 24, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter enables tipping with Bitcoin, plans to let...

When you say over time are we talking next year, decade, century?

I don't really follow Bitcoin and friends, all I know is it uses more electric than some countries

JonathanBeuys on Sept 24, 2021 [–]

You can find the schedule by googling "bitcoin halving schedule".

The current plan is to halve the block reward every 4 years and completely stop paying a block reward in 2140.

corobo on Sept 24, 2021 | [–]

2140 haha. I included century as an exaggerated joke answer to try to poke someone into responding, I didn't realise it was on the money

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