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Why is it called mining?

The digging is mathematical: repeated work to find a valid result.

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Original English transcript

It's called Bitcoin mining. So where's the shovel?

Gold miners dig through rock to find something rare.

Bitcoin miners dig through numbers instead.

Whoever finds the next block gets new bitcoin as the reward.

That's the mining part. The digging is math.

StarMiner Solo Miner does that same number work on a desk.

Solo mining does not guarantee rewards.

Follow for more honest desk miner basics.

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