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  2. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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    Since 2020, Iran has required local bitcoin miners to sell bitcoin to the Central Bank of Iran, allowing the central bank to use it for imports. [124] Some constituent states also accept tax payments in bitcoin, including Colorado [125] and Zug (Switzerland). [126] As of 2023, the US government owned more than $5 billion worth of seized bitcoin.

  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. 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.

  5. Cryptojacking - Wikipedia

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    Cryptojacking is the act of exploiting a computer to mine cryptocurrencies, often through websites, [1] [2] [3] against the user's will or while the user is unaware. [4] One notable piece of software used for cryptojacking was Coinhive, which was used in over two-thirds of cryptojacks before its March 2019 shutdown. [5]

  6. List of file signatures - Wikipedia

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    ␊␖org.bitcoin.pr: 0 wallet MultiBit Bitcoin wallet file 0D 44 4F 43 ␍DOC: 0 doc DeskMate Document file 0E 4E 65 72 6F 49 53 4F ␎NeroISO: 0 nri Nero CD Compilation 0E 57 4B 53 ␎WKS: 0 wks DeskMate Worksheet 0F 53 49 42 45 4C 49 55 53 ␏SIBELIUS: 0 sib Sibelius Music - Score file

  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. Unspent transaction output - Wikipedia

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    UTXOs constitute a chain of ownership depicted as a series of digital signatures dating back to the coin's inception, regardless of whether the coin was minted via mining, staking, or another procedure determined by the cryptocurrency protocol. [2] Prominent examples of cryptocurrencies adopting the UTXO model include Bitcoin and Cardano ...

  9. List of bitcoin forks - Wikipedia

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    The first hard fork splitting bitcoin happened on 1 August 2017, resulting in the creation of Bitcoin Cash. The following is a list of notable hard forks splitting bitcoin by date and/or block: Bitcoin Cash: Forked at block 478558, 1 August 2017, for each bitcoin (BTC), an owner got 1 Bitcoin Cash (BCH)