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by thefoodboylover 1897 days ago
when is the mining phase over?
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As I understand will get more difficult to mine as it aproaches its 21 million cap.

https://www.investopedia.com/tech/what-happens-bitcoin-after...

Not more difficult per se, just that the rewards will be less.
Bitcoin security depends on an everlasting backlog of high-fee paying transactions to fund miners and keep the cost of rewriting history exorbitant.

So never.