A computer or group of computers that add new transactions to blocks and verify blocks created by other miners. Miners collect transaction fees and are rewarded with new bitcoins for their services.
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Mining
Mining is the process of using computer hardware to do mathematical calculations to confirm transactions on the Bitcoin network.
Transaction Fee (Miner's Fee)
Also known as a "miner's fee", a transaction fee is an amount of cryptocurrency that is collected by the miner from each transaction. See the list of our fees in this article.
Ethereum (ETH)
ETH or Ethereum is an open software platform based on blockchain technology that enables developers to build and deploy decentralized applications. Like Bitcoin, Ethereum is a distributed public blockchain network. the Ethereum blockchain focuses on ...