<p>Newly generated Bitcoin go only to the miners that find the blocks. In order for the new supply to be circulated, those miners will need to sell the Bitcoin that they have earned.</p>

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2023-01-07T16:53:28.680Z
I was a little unsure on whether the mining process filtered supply back into the network in addition to their rewards so you have answered my question. Thanks Andy.
Tom
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Ava Chow
<p>The block reward consists of two parts, the <em>transaction fees</em> that are paid by users to the miner that confirms their transaction, and the <em>block subsidy</em>, of freshly minted coins. The only way new coins were ever added to Bitcoin's money supply is per the block subsidy. Hence, all coins in the supply were at some point found by a miner and then put into circulation when they spent or sold them.</p>

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Murch
<p>Is new supply of bitcoin only brought about due to miners selling their mined bitcoins or does the mining process distribute bitcoin back into the system in addition to the miners reward/transaction fee?</p>

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2023-01-07T16:47:46.050Z
It's not clear to me what you're asking about. Which bitcoin could be "distributed back into the system"?
Pieter Wuille
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Mining- New Supply of Bitcoin
Tom
# Mining- New Supply of Bitcoin

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-01-07)

Is new supply of bitcoin only brought about due to miners selling their mined bitcoins or does the mining process distribute bitcoin back into the system in addition to the miners reward/transaction fee?

**Tags:** transactions, mining-reward, supply

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It's not clear to me what you're asking about. Which bitcoin could be "distributed back into the system"?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2023-01-07. Score: 2

Newly generated Bitcoin go only to the miners that find the blocks. In order for the new supply to be circulated, those miners will need to sell the Bitcoin that they have earned.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I was a little unsure on whether the mining process filtered supply back into the network in addition to their rewards so you have answered my question. Thanks Andy.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2023-01-09. Score: 1

The block reward consists of two parts, the *transaction fees* that are paid by users to the miner that confirms their transaction, and the *block subsidy*, of freshly minted coins. The only way new coins were ever added to Bitcoin's money supply is per the block subsidy. Hence, all coins in the supply were at some point found by a miner and then put into circulation when they spent or sold them.


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