Can the halving create mining monopolies by making smaller operations unprofitable? Is the cut in rewards harder on smaller mining operations? How will the halving affect the price of bitcoin? In this clip, Andreas examines the effect of the coming halving. These questions are from the January and February monthly patron session, which took place on January 25th, 2020 and February 29th, 2020. If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in the monthly live Q&As with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop Question times: 00:00 does halving create mining monopolies by forcing smaller operations into unprofitability? 04:46 What impact is the Bitcoin halving likely to have on bitcoins price? Related Videos: Bitcoin Q&A: What is the Halvening? - https://youtu.be/Idd3Zy98lsM Bitcoin Q&A: What happens to transaction fees when the block reward is zero? - https://youtu.be/FffX32ENGKc Bitcoin Q&A: 10-minute block interval and miner competition - https://youtu.be/rhZowbYpN3Q Bitcoin Q&A: Price and hashpower metrics - https://youtu.be/5JBulDoy8Xk Bitcoin Q&A: What is mining? - https://youtu.be/t4p4iMqmxbQ Bitcoin Q&A: The mining process - https://youtu.be/L4Xtau0YMJw Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a best-selling author, speaker, educator, and highly sought after expert in Bitcoin and open blockchain technologies. Andreas has written two best-selling technical books for programmers, “Mastering Bitcoin” and “Mastering Ethereum”. He has published “The Internet of Money” series of books, which focus on the social, political, and economic importance and implications of these technologies. He is known for making complex subjects easy to understand and highlighting both the positive and negative impacts these technologies can have on our global societies. Subscribe to this channel to learn more about Bitcoin & open blockchains; click on the red bell to enable notifications about new videos! Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop Website: aantonop.com Subscribe to the channel to learn more about Bitcoin & open blockchains; click on the red bell to enable notifications about new videos! MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://amzn.to/2xcdsY9 Translations of MASTERING BITCOIN: https://bitcoinbook.info/translations-of-mastering-bitcoin/ THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ Translations of THE INTERNET OF MONEY: Spanish, 'Internet del Dinero' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2yoaTTq German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2LEiyqO German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v2) - https://amzn.to/2VCzse5 French, 'L'internet de l'argent' (v1) - https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-largent-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/2856083390 Vietnamese, 'Internet Của Tiền Tệ' (v1) - https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang MASTERING ETHEREUM: https://amzn.to/2xdxmlK Music: "Unbounded" by Orfan (https://twitter.com/grassfedbitcoin)