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Mining Basics

What Bitcoin mining is and how the pieces fit: proof of work, hashrate, the difficulty adjustment, block rewards and the halving schedule that shrinks them.

Guides in this topic are being written. In the meantime the mining hub and glossary cover the terms you will meet.

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