= Bitcoin halvening
https://cointelegraph.com/learn/bitcoin-halving-how-does-the-halving-cycle-work-and-why-does-it-matter Happens every 210,000 blocks, aiming approximately at 4 year intervals. The historical dates were:
* 50 <BTC> initially
* 1st: 2012: down to 25 <BTC>
* 2nd: 2016: down to 12.5 <BTC>
* 3rd: 2020: down to 6.25 <BTC>
Each of these events prompts some commemorative <inscription (Blockchain)>[inscriptions]: <cool data embedded in the bitcoin blockchain/Halvening messages>{full}.
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