The release of ethereum 2.0 will altogether remove the proof-work-mining structure in favour of staking . This will make the traditional system of mining obsolete, and miners will have to move to staking if they want to validate transactions for block rewards and transaction fees.
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Almost 19 million or 90% of bitcoin have already been mined since the cryptocurrency was launched in 2009. Even so, the final bitcoin will likely not be minted until some time around 2140 , according to current estimates.
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