{"id":423748,"date":"2020-05-13T20:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=423748"},"modified":"2020-05-13T17:44:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T17:44:38","slug":"post-bitcoin-halving-miners-have-dumped-5m-more-btc-than-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/post-bitcoin-halving-miners-have-dumped-5m-more-btc-than-before\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Bitcoin Halving, Miners Have Dumped $5M More BTC Than Before"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Bitcoin halving<\/a> finally happened this week, cutting the reward miners receive in BTC for their efforts by 50%.<\/p>\n The event has been widely expected to influence Bitcoin price in a positive way. However, miners aren’t following the plan and instead are dumping more BTC than ever on the market.<\/p>\n Every four years or so, each Bitcoin halving<\/a> reduces the overall supply miners receive for validating the network.<\/p>\n The reduction in the already limited supply of BTC is built directly into the protocol itself.<\/p>\n Each Bitcoin halving in the past has ignited a new bull run and caused Bitcoin to soar to a new all-time high.<\/p>\n The theory behind this cycle is that the cost to validate each block and add it to the blockchain remains the same regardless of how much BTC is rewarded.<\/p>\n Related Reading | Global Macro Economist Shares 3 Perfect Bitcoin Charts With $1M BTC Targets\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Thus, the halving causes an overnight revenue drop in miners. This is due to an increase in production costs realized through the less BTC received.<\/p>\n Once this happens, miners are expected to cease selling Bitcoin<\/a> at a loss, causing an offset in supply and demand. Price spikes as a result.<\/p>\n However, metrics tell a different tale. The complete opposite is happening, and miners are dumping as much as $5 million in BTC more on the first day since the halving.<\/p>\n Interesting day. Blows my mine so many miners are dipping in $BTC<\/a> stock piles to sell savings right now.<\/p>\n Sold 622 more #Bitcoin<\/a> than were mined today. pic.twitter.com\/e5si925Dzo<\/a><\/p>\n — MeanHash \u20bf \u272a (@MeanHash) May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nBitcoin Halving Is Here, But the Opposite of What Was Expected Is Happening<\/h2>\n
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