Halfture’s Bitcoin halving countdown tracks the time remaining until the next Bitcoin halving — the moment, roughly every four years, when the reward paid to Bitcoin miners for each new block is cut in half. The live timer above counts down to the estimated halving date; the exact moment shifts slightly as the network’s mining speed changes.
When is the next Bitcoin halving?
The next Bitcoin halving is expected in the first half of 2028, when Bitcoin reaches block height 1,050,000. At that block, the block subsidy will drop from 3.125 BTC to 1.5625 BTC. Because a new block is mined roughly every ten minutes on average, the precise date moves by a few days depending on how much mining power (hashrate) is online — which is why the countdown above updates continuously rather than pointing at a fixed calendar date.
What is the Bitcoin halving?
Bitcoin’s supply is capped at 21 million coins. New coins enter circulation as a reward to miners who add blocks to the blockchain, and the protocol automatically halves that reward every 210,000 blocks — about once every four years. Each halving slows the rate at which new bitcoin is created, tightening supply until the final coin is mined sometime around the year 2140. It is the core mechanism behind Bitcoin’s programmed scarcity.
Bitcoin halving history
There have been four halvings so far, each cutting the block reward in half:
- 2012 — reward fell from 50 BTC to 25 BTC
- 2016 — reward fell from 25 BTC to 12.5 BTC
- 2020 — reward fell from 12.5 BTC to 6.25 BTC
- 2024 — reward fell from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC
The next halving, expected in 2028, will reduce the reward to 1.5625 BTC.
How this countdown works
The timer estimates the halving date from the current block height and the network’s average block time. As blocks are found faster or slower than the ten-minute target, the estimate adjusts. For the exact status you can check the current block height on any Bitcoin block explorer.
Frequently asked questions
How often does the Bitcoin halving happen?
Every 210,000 blocks, which works out to approximately every four years.
What happens to the block reward at the 2028 halving?
It drops from 3.125 BTC to 1.5625 BTC per block.
Why does the halving date keep changing?
Blocks are not mined at exactly ten-minute intervals. When more mining power joins the network, blocks arrive faster and the halving moves earlier; when hashrate falls, it moves later.
Will there ever be a last Bitcoin halving?
Yes. Halvings continue until the block subsidy rounds down to zero, expected around 2140, after which miners are paid only through transaction fees.