If You Invested $1,000 In Bitcoin During The May 2020 Bitcoin Halving, Here's How Much You'd Have Now
If You Invested $1,000 In Bitcoin During The May 2020 Bitcoin Halving, Here's How Much You'd Have Now
Leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has had an eventful 2024 year with the approval of Bitcoin ETFs in January.
隨着1月份比特幣ETF的批准，領先的加密貨幣比特幣（加密貨幣：BTC）經歷了多事的2024年。
Another exciting catalyst for Bitcoin is the latest Bitcoin halving, which happened last night.
比特幣的另一個令人興奮的催化劑是昨晚發生的最新比特幣減半。
Here's a look at what this means and how investors have profited.
以下是這意味着什麼以及投資者如何獲利。
What Happened: A Bitcoin halving occurs every 210,000 blocks, which happens roughly every four years. The block rewards get halved as soon as the 210,000th block is mined.
發生了什麼：比特幣每21萬個區塊減半，大約每四年發生一次。區塊獎勵一到21萬英鎊，就會減半第四 區塊被開採。
A Bitcoin halving is a method put in place for the cryptocurrency to help enforce synthetic price inflation until all Bitcoin has been mined and released. Theoretically, the Bitcoin halvings that occur should make it more expensive to create new Bitcoins and make the cryptocurrency more valuable.
比特幣減半是爲加密貨幣制定的一種方法，旨在幫助在所有比特幣被開採和釋放之前強制執行合成價格通脹。從理論上講，發生的比特幣減半應該使創建新比特幣的成本更高，並使加密貨幣更具價值。
Bitcoin operates differently from fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar in this respect. While fiat currencies typically lose purchasing power over time, Bitcoin tends to increase in value rather than depreciate.
在這方面，比特幣的運作方式與美元等法定貨幣不同。雖然法定貨幣通常會隨着時間的推移而失去購買力，但比特幣往往會增加價值而不是貶值。
The first Bitcoin halving happened on Nov. 28, 2012, with the block reward reduced from 50 Bitcoin to 25 Bitcoin.
第一次比特幣減半發生在2012年11月28日，區塊獎勵從50個比特幣減少到25個比特幣。
The second Bitcoin halving happened on July 9, 2016, with the block reward reduced from 25 Bitcoin to 12.5 Bitcoin.
第二次比特幣減半發生在2016年7月9日，區塊獎勵從25個比特幣減少到12.5個比特幣。
The third Bitcoin halving happened on May 11, 2020, with the block reward reduced from 12.5 Bitcoin to 6.25 Bitcoin.
比特幣的第三次減半發生在2020年5月11日，區塊獎勵從12.5比特幣減少到6.25比特幣。
A Bitcoin halving can make the cryptocurrency increasingly volatile but often leads to surges in the price. Bitcoin went from $12 to $1,217 in one year after the first halving.
比特幣減半會使加密貨幣的波動性越來越大，但通常會導致價格飆升。比特幣在第一次減半後的一年內從12美元升至1,217美元。
Here's a look back at how much the cryptocurrency was up prior to last night's halving.
以下是加密貨幣在昨晚減半之前上漲了多少的回顧。
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Investing $1,000 in Bitcoin: Before last night, the last halving date for Bitcoin was on May 11, 2020. Bitcoin traded between $8,374.32 and $9,033.47 that day.
投資1,000美元比特幣：在昨晚之前，比特幣的最後減半日期是2020年5月11日。比特幣當天的交易價格在8,374.32美元至9,033.47美元之間。
A $1,000 investment could have purchased 0.1107 BTC based on the highest price on that date.
根據當天的最高價格，1,000美元的投資本可以購買0.1107個比特幣。
The $1,000 investment would be worth $7,077.75 today, based on a price of $63,936.35 for Bitcoin at the time of writing. This represents a gain of 607.8% since the Bitcoin halving three-and-a-half years ago.
根據撰寫本文時比特幣63,936.35美元的價格，今天的1,000美元投資價值7,077.75美元。這意味着自三年半前比特幣減半以來上漲了607.8％。
For comparison, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY), which tracks the S&P 500 stock market index, is up 169.3% over the same time period, based on a closing price of $292.50 on May 11, 2020.
相比之下，根據2020年5月11日的收盤價292.50美元，追蹤標準普爾500指數的SPDR標準普爾500指數ETF信託（紐約證券交易所代碼：SPY）同期上漲了169.3％。
This article was previously published by Benzinga and has been updated.
本文先前由 Benzinga 發表，現已更新。
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