African Bitcoiners on Nostr: 🤯 Fun Fact Thursday! Did you know? Bitcoin miners don't create Bitcoin by solving ...
🤯 Fun Fact Thursday!
Did you know?
Bitcoin miners don't create Bitcoin by solving math problems.
They compete to earn the right to add the next block of transactions to the blockchain.
The "puzzle" is simply how the network decides who gets that opportunity.
#Bitcoin #ProofOfWork
Published at
2026-08-20 09:38:35 UTCEvent JSON
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