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Spiritual Reflections on the Bitcoin Halving

The Bitcoin halving was like New Year's Eve with no time differences and everyone committed to a nonviolent revolution against financial tyranny.

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Bitcoin's Halving Is Nothing Like Quantitative Tightening

The halving could both increase the rate at which bitcoin’s price rises and bring forward the point at which it crashes, says our columnist.

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'History Has Repeated': F2Pool Explains Message in Last Block Before Bitcoin Halving

F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun tells Consensus: Distributed why he chose a $2.3T NY Times headline for Bitcoin's last block before the halving.

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Blockchain Bites: Making Sense of the Halving, Consensus Distributed's First Day

Get all the news from the first day of Consensus: Distributed, including the latest on Bitcoin's third halving. (And, who had the best Zoom backgrounds?)

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Videos

What is the Bitcoin Halving? CoinDesk Explains

Bitcoin's third halving in May 2020 is either the least or most important news in bitcoin in years. This regular process will change how many bitcoin miners can create and, more importantly, could ramp up the price. How does it work? Why does it happen? And what will happen to your bitcoin when the big day comes? CoinDesk explores the upcoming halving in this quick, easy-to-understand video.

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Market Wrap: Where Does Bitcoin Go After the Halving?

With the highly anticipated bitcoin halving reducing new mining supply, what are crypto traders thinking about upcoming market behavior?

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What to Watch at Consensus: Distributed – Bitcoin Halving

Consensus: Distributed kicks off on the same day as Bitcoin's big day. Here's what to watch to stay up to date on the halving.

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Policy

The Security Trilemma and the Future of Bitcoin

Bitcoin faces a "trilemma," says a leading researcher. Either it becomes more centralized, loses liquidity, or increases supply beyond 21 million.

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Most Bitcoin Buyers Are in the Money Ahead of the Halving, Data Suggests

Nearly 85% — or 25.79 million — of addresses holding bitcoin are now “in-the-money.”

An address is said to be in the money if the current price of bitcoin is higher than the price at which the coin was purchased or sent to the address. (Credit: Pixabay)