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
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.Leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has had an eventful 2024 year with the approval of Bitcoin ETFs in January.
随着1月份比特币ETF的批准，领先的加密货币比特币（加密货币：BTC）经历了多事的2024年。
Another exciting catalyst for Bitcoin is the latest Bitcoin halving, which happened last night.
比特币的另一个令人兴奋的催化剂是昨晚发生的最新比特币减半。
Here's a look at what this means and how investors have profited.
以下是这意味着什么以及投资者如何获利。
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.
发生了什么：比特币每21万个区块减半，大约每四年发生一次。区块奖励一到21万英镑，就会减半第四 区块被开采。
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.
比特币减半是为加密货币制定的一种方法，旨在帮助在所有比特币被开采和释放之前强制执行合成价格通胀。从理论上讲，发生的比特币减半应该使创建新比特币的成本更高，并使加密货币更具价值。
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.
在这方面，比特币的运作方式与美元等法定货币不同。虽然法定货币通常会随着时间的推移而失去购买力，但比特币往往会增加价值而不是贬值。
The first Bitcoin halving happened on Nov. 28, 2012, with the block reward reduced from 50 Bitcoin to 25 Bitcoin.
第一次比特币减半发生在2012年11月28日，区块奖励从50个比特币减少到25个比特币。
The second Bitcoin halving happened on July 9, 2016, with the block reward reduced from 25 Bitcoin to 12.5 Bitcoin.
第二次比特币减半发生在2016年7月9日，区块奖励从25个比特币减少到12.5个比特币。
The third Bitcoin halving happened on May 11, 2020, with the block reward reduced from 12.5 Bitcoin to 6.25 Bitcoin.
比特币的第三次减半发生在2020年5月11日，区块奖励从12.5比特币减少到6.25比特币。
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.
比特币减半会使加密货币的波动性越来越大，但通常会导致价格飙升。比特币在第一次减半后的一年内从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.
以下是加密货币在昨晚减半之前上涨了多少的回顾。
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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.
投资1,000美元比特币：在昨晚之前，比特币的最后减半日期是2020年5月11日。比特币当天的交易价格在8,374.32美元至9,033.47美元之间。
A $1,000 investment could have purchased 0.1107 BTC based on the highest price on that date.
根据当天的最高价格，1,000美元的投资本可以购买0.1107个比特币。
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.
根据撰写本文时比特币63,936.35美元的价格，今天的1,000美元投资价值7,077.75美元。这意味着自三年半前比特币减半以来上涨了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，根据2020年5月11日的收盘价292.50美元，追踪标准普尔500指数的SPDR标准普尔500指数ETF信托（纽约证券交易所代码：SPY）同期上涨了169.3％。
This article was previously published by Benzinga and has been updated.
本文先前由 Benzinga 发表，现已更新。
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