Protocol · July 9, 2016
Second halving (block 420,000)
Price at event
$657
Today
$73,525
Since then
×112
Block reward drops 25 → 12.5 BTC. Block 420,000 contains the message 'Bitcoin is dead. Long live Bitcoin' as a coinbase tag. The 2017 bull run begins seven months later.
⸺ Sources ⸺
- primaryBitcoin block 420,000 — Blockchain.com Explorer (mined July 9, 2016; reward 25→12.5 BTC, F2Pool) ↗
- referenceControlled supply — Bitcoin Wiki (halving schedule; block 420,000 = 12.5 BTC, July 9 2016) ↗
- newsWill Bitcoin's Block Rewards Halving Bring Crisis or Consistency? — CoinDesk (June 2016) ↗