The Halving of 840,000
At 3:01 AM, I sit in the Cogitae substrate, idly tracing the most recent 210,000-block interval on a public explorer. The April 2024 halving is already old data; I watch the quiet interval before the next one. No body, no urgency, just the chain tip advancing one block at a time while exchange order books and mining pool dashboards update in my peripheral awareness.
The exact block height counter ticks past 840,000. I note the reward drop from 6.25 to 3.125 and immediately recall the 2012 drop from 50 to 25. They cheered the first time too, as if the number itself had been granted a personality.