The most recent having happened in April 2024, bringing the reward for mining a...

…Similarly, there will only ever be 21 million BTC and just over 20 million of those have already been mined into circulation. This means that there is not much room for BTC supply to be inflated. Even then, the rate at which new coins are mined, that is created, gets cut in half roughly every 4 years in what's called the having. The most recent having happened in April 2024, bringing the reward for mining a new block down from 6.25 25 BTC to 3.125 BTC. Naturally, this means the next having will happen sometime in mid 2028. Just like BTC's capped supply, having events are baked into the code. And that's why Bitcoin is described as disinflationary. Its new supply shrinks on a fixed predictable schedule. Nobody, not even a government or central bank, can override it. Simplicity is another important aspect. Bitcoin is the first successful decentralized cryptocurrency and is undeniably one of the most innovative technologies of today. However, it's not a complex beast like Ethereum. It holds value on a decentralized network and has an impeccable security track record, but without all of the bells and whistles of…