scotttswan
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There are two separate things, and you are thinking they are the same. One is the miner's block reward, which is currently 25 btc. The people making transactions don't pay for the miner's reward.
Yes they do, the miners have to sell these coins to pay for the huge amounts of energy they are wasting thus drive down the price and the value of all the coins in the network.
Once the rewards are gone (they cut in half again next year) who's going to pay the miners to keep the whole thing working? Direct transaction fees.