Bitcoin Cash (BCH) halving

Every 210,000 blocks the Bitcoin Cash network cuts its reward in half. Below: how much is left, where the date comes from and what happened last time.

Left (estimate) 487 d

Blocks: 74,471
Expected: ≈ Mar 2, 2028
Block now: 975,529
Reward: 3.125 → 1.5625 BCH

Period done: 64.54%

Bitcoin Cash BCH

Price: $280.97
24 hours: −1.91%
Week: −0.51%
Market cap: $5.65 B
24-hour turnover: $115.91 M
Rank by cap: #20
In circulation: 20.11 M BCH
Record price: $3,785.82

What a halving actually is

It is a rule baked into the coin itself: every 210,000 blocks the block reward is cut in half. New BCH arrives more and more slowly until the supply hits its ceiling of 21 M BCH.

Bitcoin Cash split from Bitcoin in August 2017 at block 478,558, so the first two halvings are shared. After that the block heights still match, but the dates drift apart.

Where the date comes from

We count from the remaining blocks and the average block time over the past day (~9.4 min). Blocks are found unevenly, so the estimate drifts by a few days: the halving is tied to block 1,050,000, not to a calendar date.

Every Bitcoin Cash halving

#	Block	Date	Reward, BCH
1	210,000	Nov 28, 2012	50 → 25 BCH
2	420,000	Jul 9, 2016	25 → 12.5 BCH
3	630,000	Apr 8, 2020	12.5 → 6.25 BCH
4	840,000	Apr 2024	6.25 → 3.125 BCH
5	1,050,000	≈ Mar 2, 2028 (ahead)	3.125 → 1.5625 BCH
6	1,260,000	≈ Dec 5, 2031 (ahead)	1.5625 → 0.78125 BCH

How much BCH is out already

20.11 M BCH of 21 M is in circulation — 95.77% of the ceiling. About 888.98 K BCH is still unissued.

What BCH can turn into

Common questions about the Bitcoin Cash halving

When is the next Bitcoin Cash halving?

Around Mar 2, 2028, at block 1,050,000. 74,471 blocks to go.

What will a block pay after the halving?

The reward drops from 3.125 to 1.5625 BCH per block.

And when was the previous Bitcoin Cash halving?

Apr 2024, at block 840,000: the reward fell from 6.25 to 3.125 BCH.

How much BCH is still unissued?

Roughly 888.98 K BCH out of 21 M.

Will the halving push the BCH price?

It does cut the flow of new BCH in half, but the price is not moved by that alone. Past halvings guarantee nothing about the future, and none of this is investment advice.

Block data from Blockchair, updated Nov 1, 2026 23:24.

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