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What is a crypto & how does it work?

It's hard to avoid some jargon when discussing cryptos, but the concepts can be relatively easy to understand. A cryptocurrency's blockchain is a digital record of all the transactions involving that crypto. Copies of the blockchain are stored and maintained by computers around the world.

What is Bitcoin (BTC)?

Sponsored by What's this? What Is Bitcoin? Bitcoin (BTC) is a cryptocurrency, a virtual currency designed to act as money and a form of payment outside the control of any one person, group, or entity, thus removing the need for third-party involvement in financial transactions.

What does 'bitcoin' mean?

Throughout, we use "Bitcoin" with a capital "B" when referring to the network or the cryptocurrency as a concept, and "bitcoin" with a small "b" when we're referring to a quantity of individual tokens. Blockchain "mining" is a metaphor for the computational work that nodes in the network undertake in hopes of earning new tokens.

How does bitcoin work?

People who choose to mine Bitcoin use proof of work, deploying computers in a race to solve mathematical puzzles that verify transactions. To entice miners to keep racing to solve the puzzles and support the overall system, the Bitcoin code rewards miners with 6.25 BTC for each new block. That amount of BTC equates to nearly $190,000.

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