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Mining

Mining is a lottery for the next page, not an energy sermon

Proof-of-work mining is a race to propose the next block, paid in new coins and fees. Pools are companies. Energy use is a values argument. The engineering claim is narrower: rewriting history is supposed to be expensive.EasyCryptoGuides · 10 Jun 2026 · 5 min read

Blockchain

What is a blockchain, really?

Strip away the slogans and a blockchain is a ledger that many computers keep in sync, with a method for agreeing on the next page. That design choice has costs as well as benefits.EasyCryptoGuides · 2 Aug 2026 · 3 min read

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• MiningMachines spending energy to propose the next Bitcoin-style block and collect the subsidy plus fees.

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Regulation

China told miners to leave. Hashrate moved. The protocol did not.

Vice-Premier Liu He’s committee named mining in a risk list. Provinces that hosted the world’s hash began to shut barns. Bitcoin kept producing blocks at whatever hash remained.EasyCryptoGuides · 21 May 2021, 14:00 UTC · 1 min read