The 19,000,000th Bitcoin has just been mined at block #730003. This leaves just 2 million for the rest of us. It seems that some outlets were reporting the news a little prematurely to start the party early. Running your full node is the only way to ensure you use up-to-date information. However, we are now officially over the line and we have had enough confirmations to report the news. You can’t blame people for wanting to celebrate early as it is a momentous day. Miners will not mine the 20,000,000th Bitcoin until around 2026, so it is a day to commemorate. Bitcoin certainly is enjoying the moment as the price rallies back above $46,000.
The 19,000,000th bitcoin was just mined.
Only 2 million more bitcoin to go.
— Pomp (@APompliano) April 1, 2022
There were 3,158 transactions in the block that broke the barrier, totaling 42,043 BTC. It was mined by a mining pool called viaBTC. There is a debate online about which block mined the 19 millionth coin as different nodes appear to
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