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Definition
Competing to produce blocks on a proof of work chain in exchange for rewards.
Miners run specialized hardware performing trillions of hashes per second, searching for a valid block. The winner receives newly issued coins plus transaction fees.
Bitcoin mining is now an industrial business measured in megawatts, largely located wherever electricity is cheapest and often using otherwise stranded energy.
In practice
The Bitcoin block reward halves roughly every four years, which is the core of its supply schedule.
Where to go next
Proof of workSecuring a chain by making block production computationally expensive.HalvingThe scheduled 50 percent cut in Bitcoin's block reward, roughly every four years.HashA fixed length fingerprint of any piece of data.
More technology terms
Account abstractionAppchainBlock explorerCirculating and total supplyConsensusData availabilityEVMFaucetFinalityForkFully diluted valuation (FDV)Gas war
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