there has to be some distribution mechanism that allows newcoiners to acquire Bitcoin

seems like suddenly halving the block reward probably isn't the best way to do that.

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"But the distribution phase doesn’t end till ~2140"

Newcoiners can acquire sats by working for them. No need to increase the supply.

the question was about the halving

the halving gives early adopters a lopsided advantage