Bitcoin Mining Company Admits Halving Will Affect Miners Payout From Monday
A day to block reward halving, Hashflare has become one of the first Bitcoin mining companies to inform their miners that the proposed reduction in the mining reward will affect their payout, though it didn’t say by how much. In a message to its miners via email, Hashflare says: “We would like to remind you that this weekend Bitcoin mining reward will be reduced by 50%. This process, namely halving, is a part of Bitcoin system script and occurs every 210 000 blocks. The last halving was 4 years ago and the block reward went down to 25 BTC from 50 BTC. “The halving will occur on Saturday,....
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