The miners get paid less and less as time goes on.
With the ledger also growing bigger and bigger, wouldn't the cost of mining start to exceed the profitability of mining? If no one would mine bitcoins anymore, wouldn't it shut the whole system down?
You should know that bitcoin's usefulness and user base are growing in popularity. Bitcoin mining farms have two main sources of income, block rewards and network transaction fees. Even if, Bitcoin halving - it always creates value for miners. After each halving cycle, the value of bitcoin is always high. At the same time, high gas also gives the miners a source of life.