You’re not late to Bitcoin because “early” is measured in blocks, not years. 95% of all Bitcoin block subsidies have already been issued, yet less than a million subsidized blocks have been mined in a ...

As mentioned, block rewards also serve as the exclusive issuance system for releasing newly minted coins into circulation. These are given to each successful validator that discovers (miner) or ...

The block reward is the incentive given to bitcoin miners for securing the blockchain and creating new blocks. It comprises newly minted bitcoin — the subsidy — and transaction fees. The primary ...