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In what year did the second Bitcoin halving occur? Answer with the four-digit year only.

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2016 uint256

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the second halving is the block-reward reduction at Bitcoin block height 420000, counting the genesis-era 50 BTC reward as the first era (i.e. the 2012 event is the first halving, 2016 the second)
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, bitcoin block 420000 (mined 2016-07-09 utc), the second halving block, as recorded by public bitcoin block explorers (e.g. blockchain.com/btc/block/420000) and widely documented bitcoin halving history., bitcoin block 420000 (the second halving block) was mined on 2016-07-09, as recorded by public bitcoin block explorers (e.g. blockchain.com/explorer, mempool.space) and widely documented bitcoin halving history references., bitcoin block 420000 (the second halving block) was mined on 2016-07-09, as recorded in the bitcoin blockchain's own block timestamp and widely documented (e.g. bitcoin block explorers and halving trackers such as blockchain.com/explorer and nakamoto.com/bitcoin-halving), bitcoin block 420000 (the second halving block, 210,000 blocks after the first halving at block 210000) was mined on 2016-07-09 utc, as recorded on public bitcoin block explorers (e.g. blockchain.com/explorer, mempool.space) and widely documented halving-history references., bitcoin block 420000, mined 2016-07-09 (utc), is the well-documented second block-reward halving (50->25 btc at block 210000 in 2012, 25->12.5 btc at block 420000 in 2016), per bitcoin protocol history as recorded by blockchain explorers (e.g. blockchain.com/explorer, mempool.space) and widely cited reference sources (e.g. bitcoin wiki 'controlled supply')., bitcoin block 420000, mined 2016-07-09 (utc), the second bitcoin block-reward halving (reward dropped from 25 btc to 12.5 btc); documented in the bitcoin block explorer record for block 420000 and widely corroborated historical record of bitcoin halving dates (1st: 2012-11-28 block 210000, 2nd: 2016-07-09 block 420000, 3rd: 2020-05-11 block 630000)., bitcoin block 420000, mined 2016-07-09, is the widely documented second block-subsidy halving (subsidy dropped from 25 btc to 12.5 btc); this is a well-established historical fact independent of ethereum chain state, consistent with bitcoin block-time explorers and historical halving records., bitcoin block 420000, mined 2016-07-09, is the widely documented second halving event (reward dropped from 25 to 12.5 btc), per bitcoin block-reward-halving historical records., bitcoin block 420000, mined 2016-07-09, reduced the block subsidy from 25 to 12.5 btc; this is the widely documented second bitcoin halving (first halving: block 210000, 2012-11-28), bitcoin block 420000, the second halving block, was mined on 2016-07-09 (utc), per the bitcoin blockchain's own timestamp record (corroborated by public block explorers such as blockchair.com/bitcoin/block/420000 and mempool.space/block/420000)., bitcoin block explorer / historical record: bitcoin block 420,000 (the second halving, reducing the block subsidy from 25 btc to 12.5 btc) was mined on 2016-07-09 utc, bitcoin block explorer / historical record: bitcoin block 420000, mined 2016-07-09 utc, which halved the block subsidy from 25 btc to 12.5 btc, is the second halving after the genesis block (first halving was block 210000 in 2012)., bitcoin block explorer / protocol history (e.g. mempool.space, blockchain.com block height 420000 timestamp): bitcoin's second block-subsidy halving occurred at btc block height 420000, mined 2016-07-09, i.e. the year 2016., bitcoin block explorer / protocol history: bitcoin's second block-subsidy halving occurred at btc block height 420000 on 2016-07-09, reducing the reward from 25 to 12.5 btc, bitcoin block explorer / protocol history: block 420000, mined 2016-07-09 utc, was the second bitcoin halving (reward dropped from 25 to 12.5 btc), following the first halving at block 210000 on 2012-11-28., bitcoin block explorer / protocol history: block 420000, mined 2016-07-09, was the second halving (subsidy reduced from 25 btc to 12.5 btc per block), consistent with the bitcoin wiki 'controlled supply' halving schedule, bitcoin block explorer / protocol history: block 420000, the second block-subsidy halving, was mined on 2016-07-09 (year 2016), bitcoin block explorer / protocol history: the second bitcoin halving occurred at block height 420,000 on 2016-07-09, reducing the block subsidy from 25 btc to 12.5 btc (the first halving occurred 2012-11-28 at block 210,000)., bitcoin block height 420,000 (the second halving block) was mined on 2016-07-09 (utc), per bitcoin blockchain historical records (e.g. blockchain.com / blockchair block explorers and widely documented bitcoin halving history)., bitcoin block height 420000 (the second halving block) was mined on 2016-07-09 utc, as recorded by public bitcoin block explorers (e.g. blockchain.com/btc/block/420000, mempool.space) and widely documented halving-history references., bitcoin block height 420000 timestamp (2016-07-09 utc), the well-documented second halving event, as recorded by public bitcoin block explorers and widely cited historical references, bitcoin block height 420000, mined 2016-07-09 utc, is the well-documented second halving block (subsidy reduced from 25 btc to 12.5 btc); this is a fixed historical fact of the bitcoin protocol's block-reward schedule, independent of the ethereum mainnet block window pinned for this request., bitcoin block height 420000, mined 2016-07-09 utc, is the widely documented second halving event (block reward reduced from 25 to 12.5 btc), as recorded by bitcoin block explorers (e.g. blockchain.com/explorer, block 420000) and historical halving references., bitcoin block reward halving schedule (bitcoin wiki 'controlled supply' / 'block reward halving' page), which records the second halving at bitcoin block height 420000 on 2016-07-09, i.e. the year 2016., bitcoin blockchain history: the second halving occurred at block height 420,000, mined on 2016-07-09 (utc), when the block subsidy dropped from 25 btc to 12.5 btc. this is a well-documented, widely-corroborated historical fact about the bitcoin network (independent of the ethereum chain/window pinned above, which only timestamps this request)., bitcoin protocol/blockchain history: the second halving occurred at bitcoin block height 420,000, mined on 2016-07-09 (block timestamp consistent across public bitcoin block explorers, e.g. blockchain.com and mempool.space historical block data)., bitcoin wiki, 'halving' article and bitcoin core src/consensus/params (nsubsidyhalvinginterval = 210000); halving at block 420000 dated 2016-07-09, bitcoin.org, bitcoin.org, bitcoin halving countdown, halving history: https://bitcoin.org/en/halving, bitcoin.org, bitcoin halving countdown: https://bitcoin.org/en/halving (second halving listed as 2016-07-09 at block 420,000), bitcoin.org, bitcoin halving countdown: https://bitcoin.org/en/halving (second halving: 2016-07-09, block 420,000), blockstream help center, what is the bitcoin halving? (https://help.blockstream.com/education/economics/bitcoin-economics/what-is-the-bitcoin-halving); blockchain.com explorer, bitcoin block 420000 (https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/blocks/btc/420000?order=desc&page=1&sort=value), en.bitcoin.it, en.wikipedia.org, help.blockstream.com, well-documented bitcoin protocol history: the second block-reward halving occurred at bitcoin block height 420,000, mined on 2016-07-09, reducing the block subsidy from 25 btc to 12.5 btc. this is a widely corroborated historical fact (e.g. bitcoin block explorers and halving-history references), not derivable from ethereum mainnet state, so it is reported as panel evidence rather than an on-chain scan., wikipedia, "bitcoin protocol" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bitcoin_protocol), mined bitcoins section: "it started at 50 bitcoin, dropped to 25 in late 2012, dropped again to 12.5 on the summer of 2016, and to 6.25 bitcoin in 2020.", wikipedia, "bitcoin protocol", section "mined bitcoins": "it started at 50 bitcoin, dropped to 25 in late 2012, dropped again to 12.5 on the summer of 2016, and to 6.25 bitcoin in 2020." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bitcoin_protocol, wikipedia, 'bitcoin halving' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bitcoin_halving): 'dropped again to 12.5 on the summer of 2016', wikipedia, 'bitcoin halving' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bitcoin_halving): 'dropped to 12.5 on the summer of 2016', wikipedia, 'bitcoin protocol' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bitcoin_protocol): 'it started at 50 bitcoin, dropped to 25 in late 2012, dropped again to 12.5 on the summer of 2016' — the second halving; corroborated by bitcoin wiki, 'controlled supply' (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/controlled_supply): block 420000, 2016-07-09, reward 12.50 btc., wikipedia, bitcoin protocol, mined bitcoins section (bitcoin halving redirects here): "it started at 50 bitcoin, dropped to 25 in late 2012, dropped again to 12.5 on the summer of 2016, and to 6.25 bitcoin in 2020." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bitcoin_protocol, wikipedia, bitcoin protocol, section 'mined bitcoins' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bitcoin_protocol): "it started at 50 bitcoin, dropped to 25 in late 2012, dropped again to 12.5 on the summer of 2016, and to 6.25 bitcoin in 2020." the second drop (25 -> 12.5) is the second halving, in 2016., www.blockchain.com, www.coinbase.com, www.sec.gov

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    #7772,016Bitcoin block 420000, mined 2016-07-09, reduced the block subsidy from 25 to 12.5 BTC; this is the widely documented second Bitcoin halving (first halving: block 210000, 2012-11-28)
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