Bitcoin - What's the Halving?

I bought my first Bitcoin in early 2019. It was around like maybe 11, 12,000 Canadian and you know, look where it is now,. And so I got to experience the last halving and got to, you know, go through that and, and do all the stuff around that. But it's almost more impressive that you found it during a bear market because that's when there's none of the hype, right?And it's almost a gift that you do find it then because there's not as much noise to navigate through. So it was a great time to get in because everyone was focused on why things were happening. What does this halving mean? Why do we