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2. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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   A cryptocurrency, crypto-currency, or crypto [a] is a digital currency designed to work as a medium of exchange through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it. [2] It has, from a financial point of view, grown to be its own asset class.

3. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Nodes in the peer-to-peer bitcoin network verify transactions through cryptography and record them in a public distributed ledger, called a blockchain, without central oversight.

4. The Basics of Cryptocurrency Mining, Explained in Plain English

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   Here's everything you need to know about how virtual currencies are "mined."

5. Environmental impact of bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   Bitcoin mining facility in Quebec, Canada. The environmental impact of bitcoin is significant.Bitcoin mining, the process by which bitcoins are created and transactions are finalized, is energy-consuming and results in carbon emissions, as about half of the electricity used is generated through fossil fuels. [1]

6. Crypto Mining as Passive Income: Is It Worth It? - AOL

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   When cryptocurrencies first launched, it was relatively easy -- albeit expensive -- to set up a mining operation in your home and earn as much as 50 bitcoin every 10 minutes. Today's miners earn ...

7. Digital currency - Wikipedia

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   Digital currency is a term that refers to a specific type of electronic currency with specific properties. Digital currency is also a term used to include the meta-group of sub-types of digital currency, the specific meaning can only be determined within the specific legal or contextual case.

8. List of cryptocurrencies - Wikipedia

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   A bitcoin-based currency featuring instant transactions, decentralized governance and budgeting, and private transactions. 2014 NEO: NEO Da Hongfei & Erik Zhang SHA-256 & RIPEMD160: C# [32] dBFT: China based cryptocurrency, formerly ANT Shares and ANT Coins. The names were changed in 2017 to NEO and GAS. 2014 MazaCoin: MZC BTC Oyate Initiative ...

9. Bitcoin protocol - Wikipedia

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   A diagram of a bitcoin transfer. The bitcoin protocol is the set of rules that govern the functioning of bitcoin.Its key components and principles are: a peer-to-peer decentralized network with no central oversight; the blockchain technology, a public ledger that records all bitcoin transactions; mining and proof of work, the process to create new bitcoins and verify transactions; and ...