As of now, 630,000 blocks have been mined on the Bitcoin network, and the block reward has successfully halved for the THIRD time. The previous block reward was 12.5 BTC, and the new block reward is now 6.25 BTC. Since the previous halving at Block 210000, monetary inflation decreased from 4.17%% to 3.57%. Block 630000 signals an immediate 50% reduction to 1.79%. The next halving will occur at Block 840000 in approximately four years.
Godspeed, Bitcoin!
Here’s Block 630000 in all its glory!
{
"hash": "000000000000000000024bead8df69990852c202db0e0097c1a12ea637d7e96d",
"confirmations": "1",
"strippedsize": "1186930",
"weight": "3993250",
"height": "630000",
"version": "536870912",
"merkleroot": "b191f5f973b9040e81c4f75f99c7e43c92010ba8654718e3dd1a4800851d300d",
"tx": "3134",
"time": "1589225023",
"nonce": "2302182970",
"bits": "387021369",
"difficulty": "16104807485529",
"previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000d656be18bb095db1b23bd797266b0ac3ba720b1962b1e",
}
coinbase transaction: 6.25 BTC + 0.90968084 BTC in fees
block size: 1186.93 KB
transactions: 3134
total bitcoins: 18,375,000
remaining bitcoins: ~2,625,000
previous halving: 3 years 10 months 2 days 2 hours 37 minutes 30 seconds ago