18,270 BTC: The Autopsy of a Bitcoin Number With No Birth Certificate
Eighteen thousand two hundred seventy. Nine digits, no commas in the original...
Independent validator client goes live on mainnet
Circulating supply increases by about 2%
Improves data availability sampling efficiency
Block reward halving event
Team and early investor shares released
Block reward reduced to 3.125 BTC
92 million ARB released
Raises validator limit and account abstraction
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