user44238: I am doing some reading about bitcoin and my understanding is that miners get 25 BTC for every transaction that is made. This means that even for a transaction of 0.01 BTC 25 will be generated. Doesn't this mean that people will be able to create a lot of low valued transactions (constantly moving btc around) to generate more and more bitcoins? 

user26873: The miner gets a reward of 12.5 bitcoins plus transaction fees every block, not every transaction.  Blocks occur approximately every 10 minutes, and the reward is cut in half approximately every 4 years. 

44238: <p>I am doing some reading about bitcoin and my understanding is that miners get 25 BTC for every transaction that is made. This means that even for a transaction of 0.01 BTC 25 will be generated. Doesn't this mean that people will be able to create a lot of low valued transactions (constantly moving btc around) to generate more and more bitcoins? </p>
 26873: <p>The miner gets a reward of 12.5 bitcoins plus transaction fees every block, not every transaction.  Blocks occur approximately every 10 minutes, and the reward is cut in half approximately every 4 years. </p>
