user89980: I saw in an article something about a Bitcoin algorithm half in 2020. What exactly is this? I have tried looking this up but I couldn't find anything that told me what it was only a website counting down to the next.

user60443: Bitcoin controls the supply of coins by halving the miner subsidy (reward) every 210,000 blocks or roughly every 4 years. The miner subsidy started at 50BTC. See Mining Reward.
This is a simple chart that illustrates the Bitcoin distribution schedule:


89980: <p>I saw in an article something about a Bitcoin algorithm half in 2020. What exactly is this? I have tried looking this up but I couldn't find anything that told me what it was only a <a href="https://bitcoinblockhalf.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">website counting down to the next</a>.</p>
 60443: <p>Bitcoin controls the supply of coins by halving the miner subsidy (reward) every 210,000 blocks or roughly every 4 years. The miner subsidy started at 50BTC. See <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining#Reward" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mining Reward</a>.</p>

<p>This is a simple chart that illustrates the Bitcoin distribution schedule:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XjwWL.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XjwWL.png" alt="Bitcoin Distribution"></a></p>
