# Incentives for Node Participation

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The economic model of Bitcoin includes a **block subsidy**, which is the reward miners receive for successfully adding a block to the blockchain. This subsidy is crucial for distributing coins within the system. As the total supply of **Bitcoin is capped at 21 million coins, the block subsidy will eventually diminish**, transitioning the incentive structure entirely to transaction fees. This design ensures that the system remains **inflation-free** and sustainable over the long term.

Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, posited that **it is more profitable for nodes to act honestly and generate new coins than to attempt to attack the system**. This alignment of incentives encourages nodes to maintain the integrity of the network, as dishonest behavior would ultimately be detrimental to their own financial interests.


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