⏳ DAY 40: The Bitcoin Halving. Why does the market shift every 4 years?

If you print money without control, it loses value (inflation). Bitcoin's creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, knew this and programmed an unbreakable rule into the code to prevent it: the Halving.

🛠️ What is it and how does it work?

Bitcoin miners are supercomputers that secure the network and, in return, they receive new Bitcoins as a reward every 10 minutes.

Every 210,000 blocks (approximately every 4 years), that reward gets sliced in half.

At the beginning (2009), the reward was 50 BTC.

Over the years it dropped to 25, then to 12.5, then to 6.25... and in the last halving (2024) it dropped to 3.125 BTC.

Bitcoin’s issuance drops by half, but demand usually stays the same or increases. Basic economics law: With lower supply and higher demand, the price goes up.

📈 The market’s “4-year cycle”

Historically, the Halving marks the start of the market’s psychological clock:

The Event: The issuance of new Bitcoins is reduced.

Accumulation (Following Months): The market starts to feel the scarcity. The price consolidates.

The Bull Market (Bull Run): Historically, between 12 and 18 months after each Halving, Bitcoin breaks its previous all-time highs and pulls the entire market (including Altcoins) to the moon.

🧠 Today’s lesson:

The Halving is a reminder that Bitcoin is digital gold. While governments can print as much of their local currency as they want overnight, no one in the world can change the maximum limit of 21 million Bitcoins that will ever exist. The Halving guarantees scarcity.

🔥 Tomorrow on Day 41: We’ll move into a key topic to protect our profits: What are Stablecoins (Stable Coins) and how to use them as a safe haven?

Did you already know that the Halving is responsible for the crypto market moving in such marked cycles every 4 years? 👇

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