Bitcoin Halving Statistics: Dates, Block Rewards and Price History

A Bitcoin halving cuts the reward miners receive for adding a block to the blockchain. The reward started at 50 BTC in 2009 and is now 3.125 BTC. That is a drop of 93.75% across four halvings. This article covers the dates, block rewards, supply numbers and price history tied to each halving. It draws on several published data sources and points out where they differ. Key Bitcoin Halving Statistics Four halvings have taken place: November 28, 2012, July 9, 2016, May 11, 2020 and April 20, 2024. The current block reward is 3.125 BTC.