Bitcoin Halving Countdown 2028
Last updated: November 2026
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Historical Halvings
| Halving | Date | Block | Price Before | Price 1yr After |
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| 1st | Nov 2012 | 210,000 | $12 | $1,000 |
| 2nd | Jul 2016 | 420,000 | $650 | $2,500 |
| 3rd | May 2020 | 630,000 | $8,500 | $55,000 |
| 4th | Apr 2024 | 840,000 | $64,000 | TBD |
| 5th | ~Apr 2028 | 1,050,000 | TBD | TBD |
Bitcoin halvings occur every 210,000 blocks (~4 years). Each halving cuts the block reward in half, reducing new supply. Historically, halvings have preceded significant price appreciation.
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What is the Bitcoin Halving?
Every 210,000 blocks (approximately every 4 years), the Bitcoin block reward is cut in half. This slows the rate at which new bitcoin are created. Whether that moves the price is debated: demand and wider markets matter too, and past price moves after halvings do not predict future ones.
The next halving will reduce the block reward from 3.125 BTC to 1.5625 BTC per block.
How this countdown works
The halving happens at a block height, not on a calendar date: the next one is block 1,050,000. The countdown reads the current block height from blockchain.info (cached for about 10 minutes), subtracts it from 1,050,000 and multiplies the blocks remaining by 10 minutes, the average block interval Bitcoin aims for. Real blocks arrive faster or slower than that, so the estimated date drifts as the halving gets closer. If the block-height feed is unavailable, the countdown shows dashes rather than a guessed number.
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Bitcoin halving FAQ
When is the next Bitcoin halving?
At block 1,050,000, expected around 2028. The countdown above estimates the date from the current block height at an average of 10 minutes per block, so the estimate moves as real block times run faster or slower.
What happens to the Bitcoin price after a halving?
No one can say in advance. The halving slows the growth of new supply, but the price also depends on demand and on wider markets, and other factors were at work around every past halving. Past price moves do not predict future ones.
What is a Bitcoin halving?
Every 210,000 blocks, roughly every four years, the number of new bitcoin paid to miners in each block is cut in half. The next halving cuts it from 3.125 BTC to 1.5625 BTC per block.