As long as both words convey the meaning of the idea, it really shouldn't matter what term to use.
Halving is a verb which means to divide into two. In this case where BTC is involved, it would be when BTC is divide into two. When a whole becomes half.
This event is expected to happen sometime next year 2024, and it is that whatever coin in BTC, will have a reduced value. It is a strategic event and when it is happening, in the process, it can be called halvening.
Although the term halvening is hardly used, it means same as halving.
Topic: What term to use? Halving or Halvening? Term history - page 2. (Read 534 times)
Actually, there's another one that I've read that describes what shall happen next year and that's, "halfing".
Honestly, all of them works and have the same meaning so whatever you prefer, we're all agreeing of what's being describe. Whether it is halving, halvening or even halfing. It's understandable of what a person is talking about.
Honestly, all of them works and have the same meaning so whatever you prefer, we're all agreeing of what's being describe. Whether it is halving, halvening or even halfing. It's understandable of what a person is talking about.
Agreed, There’s no right term to use since we are free to use any term as long as it describes same thought which others can understand. This is same with hodling and other slang term on crypto. I think most important thing is that we understand what’s gonna happened after halving/halvening/halfing/halfckening.
But Halving is the most popular term to use here since I experience 2 halving during 2016 and 2020. Halvening is just use on the social media lately.
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It's just all about the terminology mate and not about what's gonna be the effect of halving and how much everyone can make from it. Everyone knows what's the effect of it and why we should buy Bitcoin but the topic and this thread is just plainly all about the terms that might have not been known to others that there are also other terms being used. I prefer ½ ing. I have used it for years. Not sure if I started it or read it.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.12804738
found me in 2015
but someone else did it in 2015.
not sure if I was first.
Lol what a way to get around this terminology debacle, if only I knew the key blaze for that I would've used it too instead of the halving. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.12804738
found me in 2015
but someone else did it in 2015.
not sure if I was first.
In all seriousness though I don't think it should be halvening. It's not even a real word for crying out loud and that alone is a strong argument about its invalidity. Plus Halving has a nice ring to it and it rolls off the tongue easier than halvening with its three stupid syllables lol.
Based on the halving,we can expect to get good value for the bitcoin in 2024.Many of my friends holding their bitcoin since 2021 for the 2024 halving.If the prediction is successful,they will earn some good money from the bitcoin and their life will be get settled.Every person ultimate aim will be earn more money before the old age and enjoy some part of their life.But only few was willing to work for it and taking huge risk for the things.The crypto currency had give a lot profit to their holding people all the time.
I don't know if you're shitposting or what but you should've read from the title alone that we're not talking about the halving here, but what proper terminology should be used for the halving. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that, does it? 
In proper English it should be halving. Words like halvening or hodling are just fun jokes that became a part of the bitcoin lore, if we can call it that.
There's so many investment meme words, like stonks, or corn (bitcorn), shitcoin, nocoiner and so on. They all have their uses, and it's up to you when and how you will use them.
For example, this fun lingo will work here or when you're having a beer with friends, but when summoned to court or a congressional hearing, you won't say: noobs dumped all their cornz before the halvening, but I'm an OG hodler, I'm stacking.
There's so many investment meme words, like stonks, or corn (bitcorn), shitcoin, nocoiner and so on. They all have their uses, and it's up to you when and how you will use them.
For example, this fun lingo will work here or when you're having a beer with friends, but when summoned to court or a congressional hearing, you won't say: noobs dumped all their cornz before the halvening, but I'm an OG hodler, I'm stacking.
Based on the halving,we can expect to get good value for the bitcoin in 2024.Many of my friends holding their bitcoin since 2021 for the 2024 halving.If the prediction is successful,they will earn some good money from the bitcoin and their life will be get settled.Every person ultimate aim will be earn more money before the old age and enjoy some part of their life.But only few was willing to work for it and taking huge risk for the things.The crypto currency had give a lot profit to their holding people all the time.
There are things called terminology, sometimes they do not fall in same connection with the English words or mean the same thing someone who isn't in that field understand as. We can see terminology in coding, military services and of course in Crypto-currency, that's why as a newbie your understanding about crypto terminology is very important as not to be lost.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1346100
Here is a helpful post on terminology.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1346100
Here is a helpful post on terminology.
I like the word "halvening", because it's funny and it's a meme, and memes make people curious, they make people want to belong. These days its hard to imagine an online community without its own unique memes and jargon. So I don't think we should shy from words like hodl and halvening, we should embrace them.
The two word may mean the same thing, but they belong to two different parts of speech, one is a verb, and the other one a noun, and that is what will determine if their usage is correct or not.
For Halve and Half,
The correct one to use is bitcoin Halving/Halvening, because it is an action (Verb) that we are all expecting to happen. It is after Bitcoin has been Halved, that the term Bitcoin Halfing (noun) can then be used, which will refer to what is left after the action of Halving/Halvening.
The correct one to use is bitcoin Halving/Halvening, because it is an action (Verb) that we are all expecting to happen. It is after Bitcoin has been Halved, that the term Bitcoin Halfing (noun) can then be used, which will refer to what is left after the action of Halving/Halvening.
I'm no native English speaker and I prefer Halving over the other term which looks to me like some artificial word. And I like "hodling" or "to hodl" for its very particular meaning in the community. Halving might be slightly incorrect for the picky language purists, but I don't care (halving in the sense of creating two halfs of something while Bitcoin's halving cuts off half of block subsidy into nothing).
Yeah Halving is the most recognized one according to Oxford Dictionary and also correct since it states that it is a direct reduction by half which is the idea behind the bitcoin halving. But the other one also is correct because it can be used in some old English sentences according to Middle English compendium, it means dividing into two, which is the same.But then just like how the whole hodling came about it is even suggested to call it Halfing in respect to Hal Fin.
Actually, there's another one that I've read that describes what shall happen next year and that's, "halfing".
Honestly, all of them works and have the same meaning so whatever you prefer, we're all agreeing of what's being describe. Whether it is halving, halvening or even halfing. It's understandable of what a person is talking about.
Honestly, all of them works and have the same meaning so whatever you prefer, we're all agreeing of what's being describe. Whether it is halving, halvening or even halfing. It's understandable of what a person is talking about.
Agreed, There’s no right term to use since we are free to use any term as long as it describes same thought which others can understand. This is same with hodling and other slang term on crypto. I think most important thing is that we understand what’s gonna happened after halving/halvening/halfing/halfckening.
But Halving is the most popular term to use here since I experience 2 halving during 2016 and 2020. Halvening is just use on the social media lately.
Actually, there's another one that I've read that describes what shall happen next year and that's, "halfing".
Honestly, all of them works and have the same meaning so whatever you prefer, we're all agreeing of what's being describe. Whether it is halving, halvening or even halfing. It's understandable of what a person is talking about. Formal, informal and maybe soon there will be another term that will be built up having the same meaning, who knows.
We're all free to use any of those terms.
Honestly, all of them works and have the same meaning so whatever you prefer, we're all agreeing of what's being describe. Whether it is halving, halvening or even halfing. It's understandable of what a person is talking about. Formal, informal and maybe soon there will be another term that will be built up having the same meaning, who knows.
We're all free to use any of those terms.
I'm no native English speaker and I prefer Halving over the other term which looks to me like some artificial word. And I like "hodling" or "to hodl" for its very particular meaning in the community. Halving might be slightly incorrect for the picky language purists, but I don't care (halving in the sense of creating two halfs of something while Bitcoin's halving cuts off half of block subsidy into nothing).
From my understanding these two words has the same meaning but different spelling and terminology. Someone who isn't into the blockchain network will understand halving instantly and what it means. But halvening as said by mk4 is meme-ish and is the right word. As long as we understand what any of these word is,am cool with them.
It's just the more 'formal' version simply because "halving" is an actual dictionary word while "halvening" is obviously not lol. Totally unrelated to whitepaper/blockchain terminology.
I wouldn't be surprised if that term was used for the first time by a non-native English speaker.
I have seen that there is also another proposal in this regard btw:
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many have said we should call it the Halfining in honour of Hal Finney,
Good point. I had always used "halving" and didn't know it was the more formal version, although the meaning is the same.
It's just the more 'formal' version simply because "halving" is an actual dictionary word while "halvening" is obviously not lol. Totally unrelated to whitepaper/blockchain terminology.
As long as they arrived at the same meaning what difference does it make?
None. They are two words that mean the same thing.
Halving = the more 'formal' term
Halvening = the memefied version
That's pretty much it. Obviously I prefer the latter because of the internet's meme-ish culture.
Halvening = the memefied version
That's pretty much it. Obviously I prefer the latter because of the internet's meme-ish culture.
Good point. I had always used "halving" and didn't know it was the more formal version, although the meaning is the same.
Halving = the more 'formal' term
Halvening = the memefied version
That's pretty much it. Obviously I prefer the latter because of the internet's meme-ish culture.
Halvening = the memefied version
That's pretty much it. Obviously I prefer the latter because of the internet's meme-ish culture.
As long as they arrived at the same meaning what difference does it make? For the longest time people have used the halving word and everyone understood it's meaning. Just like hodl and hold even though the former was as a result of a typo but it represent the message at that time and all crypto community get it.
I prefer ½ ing. I have used it for years. Not sure if I started it or read it.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.12804738
found me in 2015
but someone else did it in 2015.
not sure if I was first.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.12804738
found me in 2015
but someone else did it in 2015.
not sure if I was first.
I think halving is fit better than halvening because the Bitcoin block reward is divided every 4 years and the another divided part is disappeared. If the divided part isn't disappeared, then we can call it halve IMO.
But I'd like to see a better term than halving because halving is too general. It's like holding, but in cryptocurrency we're use hodling term.
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