So I don't understand the halving very well, will miners just make half as much? Will the price double or the difficulty change? Will bitcoin mining just become so hard it ceases to be cost effective? Am I making a mistake getting into bitcoin mining? Will people just switch to a altcoin?
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- The block subsidy, i.e. the amount of newly created bitcoins per block, will half. Transaction fees are not affected by the halving. The exchange price of Bitcoin is up to market mechanisms. The halving doesn't change the difficulty. So, yes, probably the value of the mining reward will drop significantly between block 419,999 and 420,000.
- Mining already is infeasible at home.
- Yes, you're making a mistake getting into Bitcoin mining.
- Personally, I doubt that any altcoin will be successful.
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The block reward will half, which will in turn make mining less profitable? RIght? – Franklin Harding May 02 '16 at 20:54
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Block reward = Block subsidy + transaction fees. Subsidy halves. Price might be affected, but price isn't controlled by the halving but by the market. – Murch May 02 '16 at 21:11
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So in other words miners will make about half as much. – Franklin Harding May 02 '16 at 21:19
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The number of newly created bitcoins half. If the price remains the same, they will be making approximately half the revenue of now, plus the same amount of transaction fees. – Murch May 02 '16 at 21:21