# How Will BTC Handle Halving?

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Apr 19, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/es/read/how-will-btc-handle-halving*

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How Will BTC Handle Halving?

  

  
  Published on Apr 19, 2024

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Prices as of 3pm ET
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  **Crypto**
   
          $2.34T
       

  
    
    ↗ 1.6%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 3.7%
    
  

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  **BTC**
   
          $64,129
       

  
    
    ↗ 1.3%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 4.3%
    
  

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  **ETH**
   
          $3,087
       

  
    
    ↗ 1.0%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 3.9%
    
  

  

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How Will Bitcoin Handle This Halving?
  
  
   
     
     Bankless Author: 
     
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       Jack Inabinet](https://twitter.com/JackInabinet)
     
    
 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/04/image---2024-04-19T153500.010-1.png)](https://www.bankless.com/can-demand-sustain-bitcoin-halving)The quadrennial Bitcoin Halving is yet again upon us, [scheduled](https://www.nicehash.com/countdown/btc-halving-2024-05-10-12-00) to occur tomorrow at approximately 9:31 AM EST, and will programmatically reduce the block rewards paid out to miners by 50% for the fourth time in history!

Many have attempted to prophesy the potential impact of this event on BTC price, but the arrival of the Halving raises another equally important question: **how will Bitcoin afford its security budget going forward?**👇

[Read the Full Rundown](https://www.bankless.com/can-demand-sustain-bitcoin-halving)
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