A block reward is the cryptocurrency incentive given to a miner or validator for successfully creating and adding a new block to the blockchain. It typically consists of newly minted coins plus the sum of all transaction fees included in that block. Block rewards are a core mechanism for distributing new coins and incentivizing network security. On Bitcoin, the block reward is halved approximately every four years in an event known as the halving.
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“After the 2024 Bitcoin halving, the block reward dropped from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC per block, reducing the rate of new coin issuance.”