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What Is the Impact of a Cryptocurrency’s ‘Halving’ Event on the Importance of Transaction Fees?

A halving event permanently cuts the newly minted coin reward (coinbase reward) by 50%. This immediately doubles the relative importance of transaction fees as a component of the total block reward.

As coinbase rewards continue to decrease with subsequent halvings, transaction fees must eventually become the primary incentive for miners to secure the network.

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