How many bitcoins are created in each block reward?
Money hard Data from 2024
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The answer
3 bitcoins
Roughly 3.1.
The block reward is 3.125 bitcoins, halving roughly every four years by design. It started at 50 in 2009 and will reach zero around 2140, at which point exactly 21 million will exist and no more can be made.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Bitcoin protocol specification |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2024 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | bitcoins |
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