Mining continues after 2140, but rewards come only from transaction fees, not new bitcoin. Bitcoin’s fixed supply means ...
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 ...
Individual miners occasionally win full block rewards despite rising network difficulty and corporate dominance. Profitability hinges on hashrate, energy cost, hardware efficiency, difficulty level, ...