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  2. Hashrate - Wikipedia

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    The proof-of-work distributed computing schemes, including Bitcoin, frequently use cryptographic hashes as a proof-of-work algorithm. Hashrate is a measure of the total computational power of all participating nodes expressed in units of hash calculations per second.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Mining pool - Wikipedia

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    Two key factors are involved in the algorithm that calculates profitability, the block time, and the price on the exchanges. To avoid the need for many different wallets for all possible minable coins, multipools may automatically exchange the mined coin to a coin that is accepted in the mainstream (for example bitcoin). Using this method ...

  5. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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    Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Based on a free-market ideology, bitcoin was invented in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto, an unknown person. [5] Use of bitcoin as a currency began in 2009, [6] with the release of its open-source implementation. [7]: ch. 1 In 2021, El Salvador adopted it as legal tender ...

  6. GHash.io - Wikipedia

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    The news reportedly caused bitcoin's price to drop from $633 to $600 at the time. [6] Since no long-term solution to the 51% problem is known, the participants agreed to implement some temporary measures. GHash.io released a voluntary statement promising that it would not exceed 40% of the overall bitcoin hashrate. [7]

  7. Bitcoin’s price history: From its 2009 launch to its 2025 heights

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    According to historical data at Investing.com, Bitcoin’s price never broke above $0.40 per bitcoin in 2010 but did manage to hit that level in early 2011. Then in February, it crossed $1.

  8. Georgian Citizens Forced to Stop Crypto Mining amidst ... - AOL

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    An ongoing energy crisis puts Georgia on the Bitcoin mining map. The government attempts to curb Bitcoin mining follows an outright ban in Kosovo. Georgian Citizens Forced to Stop Crypto Mining ...

  9. Cryptographic hash function - Wikipedia

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    One popular system – used in Bitcoin mining and Hashcash – uses partial hash inversions to prove that work was done, to unlock a mining reward in Bitcoin, and as a good-will token to send an e-mail in Hashcash. The sender is required to find a message whose hash value begins with a number of zero bits.