Bitcoin Miners Receive Third Break This Year, Over 100K Blocks To Go Until The Halving

As a result of the difficulty decreasing by 1.26%, Bitcoin miners celebrated their third year-end break. It means they can mine more Bitcoins. This will allow them to continue creating new coins. There are still 108.160 blocks to mine before the halving takes place. April 3rd 2024This could help you make significant money if the prices go up.

On March 03, Bitcoin’s difficulty adjustment algorithm (DAA) dropped by 0.35% and again on March 17 by 1.49%. At a block height 731,808 this is the third consecutive time that Bitcoin’s difficulty adjustment algorithm (DAA) has fallen by 1.26%. 

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On March 7, 2021, Bitcoin experienced a marked decrease in difficulty adjustment algorithm. The DAA fell by 27.94%. This was one of the largest reductions in Bitcoin’s lifetime. The hashrate, however, has increased since the change.

It is easier for miners to find blocks with the 1.26% decrease in DAA. The difficulty level was 28.59 Trillion two weeks ago. It is now at 28.23 Trillion today. Bis to the next DAA Change, there are still 1,982 blocks.

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Bitcoin trades below the $40,000 support level, with a decline of 3.35%. Source: BTC/USD chart at Tradingview.com| Source: BTC/USD chart from Tradingview.com

The difficulty adjustment algorithm for the current change is likely to be more complex. Next DAA estimated to be on April 28th. This means that the next change is expected to take place two weeks later. Using today’s Bitcoin price, the current block subsidy of 6.25BTC is worth $252,781. 

There are more Bitcoin pools joining as just over 100,000 block rewards to go until the Halving

Bitcoin miners are getting closer to the block reward halving that is expected to take place on May 4, 2024. According to estimates, it could appear as early as May 3, 2024. The situation is improving for miners. With the new halving schedule, miners will see a big increase in revenue.

Miners who have halved their rewards will get half of the reward, which is 6.25 Bitcoins per blocks to 3.125 BTCs each block. The network produces about 900 coins daily (144 blocks), and Bitcoin’s inflation rate is 1.74%. The network has already produced 90% of all possible bitcoins, and there is only 988481.23 remaining.

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It’s been a smooth few days for the mining community as difficulty continues to change, making it easier to find Blocks. Foundry USA is currently the top-ranked pool among all others over these three days. They discovered 72 blocks as well as 16.33%, or 33.54 EH/s, of hashpower.

More pools joined the ranks in recent days. There were previously 11 Bitcoin mining pool names, however, the number is now 14. 

Analyse of Price

Bitcoin currently trades at $39 775 as of the writing. Below its $40,000 support, the coin has fallen below. Bitcoin’s price dropped by 3.5% and 8.48% over the past 24hrs, respectively. 

Featured image taken from Flickr.com. Chart taken from Tradingview.com.

 

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