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2. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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   Main article: Cryptocurrency wallet. A cryptocurrency wallet is a means of storing the public and private "keys" (address) or seed, which can be used to receive or spend the cryptocurrency. [ 86 ] With the private key, it is possible to write in the public ledger, effectively spending the associated cryptocurrency.

3. 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."

4. 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.

5. The Basics of Mined vs. Non-Mined Cryptocurrency, Explained ...

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   Here's everything you've ever wanted to know about how blockchain-processed transactions are validated.

6. Cryptocurrency: What it is and how it works - AOL

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   One of the most significant negatives to cryptocurrency is that it is “mined” by computers. Mining isn’t free, of course, and requires substantial amounts of energy to create a coin. While ...

7. 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 ...

8. How to start investing in cryptocurrency: A guide for beginners

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   When a blockchain database powers cryptocurrency, it records and verifies transactions in the currency, verifying the currency’s movements and who owns it. Many crypto blockchain databases are ...

9. Blockchain - Wikipedia

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   Blockchain. A blockchain is a distributed ledger with growing lists of records (blocks) that are securely linked together via cryptographic hashes. [1][2][3][4] Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data (generally represented as a Merkle tree, where data nodes are represented by leaves).