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Topic: What does mining do? - page 2. (Read 916 times)

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March 06, 2013, 09:34:30 PM
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It secures the Blockchain and helps make transactions permanent and non-reversible.

It also protects against double-spends.

It's also a good way of distributing the currency fairly.
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March 06, 2013, 09:33:39 PM
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Why do we mine for bitcoins, anyway? I understand it has something to do with the transactions, but I'm not entirely sure -what- it does.
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