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Unlocked – Consensus: Distributed
Subsidies and Secret Messages: All About Mining
The halving, which just happened in May 2020, always brings fresh interest to bitcoin's mining ecosystem. But mining, a key function for incentivizing strangers to work together to secure the network, is one of the most complex and widely misunderstood functions of the protocol. This video offers an in-depth look at how it all works and also some of the secrets miners hide.
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