Bitcoin & Mining

Block Reward

Also: Mining Reward, Block Subsidy

The newly created coins a miner receives for adding a block, on top of the transaction fees it collects. On Bitcoin the subsidy halves roughly every four years, so fees are gradually expected to matter more.

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