Bitcoin Halving Countdown — When Is the Next Halving?

Every 210,000 blocks — roughly four years — the reward paid to Bitcoin miners is cut in half. That is the halving: new supply slows, on a schedule written into the code in 2009 and never changed since.

The halvings so far

• 2012: 50 → 25 BTC per block
• 2016: 25 → 12.5 BTC
• 2020: 12.5 → 6.25 BTC
• April 2024: 6.25 → 3.125 BTC
• ~April 2028: 3.125 → 1.5625 BTC

Supporters argue each halving tightens supply against steady demand. Skeptics answer that the schedule is public and should already be priced in. Both can point to history; neither can promise the future. What is certain is the arithmetic: by around 2140 all 21 million coins will exist, and miners will earn fees only.

Information only, not financial advice.