https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/04/19/bitcoins-next-halving-is-right-around-the-corner-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips | Associated Press

NEW YORK — Sometime in the next few days or even hours, the “miners” who chisel bitcoins out of complex mathematics are going to take a 50% pay cut — effectively slicing new production of the world’s largest cryptocurrency in half.