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2. A Complete Guide on How Bitcoin Mining Works - AOL

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   If you're a bitcoin bull, you might wonder if it’s time to start mining it. Here's how bitcoin mining works and what to consider to decide if it's right for you.

3. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   The domain name bitcoin.org was registered on 18 August 2008. [15] On 31 October 2008, a link to a white paper authored by Satoshi Nakamoto titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System was posted to a cryptography mailing list. [16] Nakamoto implemented the bitcoin software as open-source code and released it in January 2009. [6]

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. 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 ...

6. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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   Mining hardware is improving at a fast rate, quickly resulting in older generations of hardware. [255] Bitcoin is the least energy-efficient cryptocurrency, using 707.6 kilowatt-hours of electricity per transaction. [256] Before June 2021, China was the primary location for bitcoin mining.

7. Mining pool - Wikipedia

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   In the context of cryptocurrency mining, a mining pool is the pooling of resources by miners, who share their processing power over a network, to split the reward equally, according to the amount of work they contributed to the probability of finding a block. A "share" is awarded to members of the mining pool who present a valid partial proof ...

8. Bitcoin mining in Navajo land yields jobs, revenues while ...

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   Like many other bitcoin mining operations, this project benefits from tapping into energy that otherwise went unused. After the shutdown of a nearby coal-fired power plant, the Navajo Tribal ...

9. GPU mining - Wikipedia

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   GPU mining is the use of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to "mine" proof-of-work cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin. [1] Miners receive rewards for performing computationally intensive work, such as calculating hashes , that amend and verify transactions on an open and decentralized ledger.