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Bitcoin miners and mining are required for new bitcoins to enter into circulation. Mining is also a critical component of the security of the blockchain ledger.

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Blockchain has been a hot topic for the past few months, especially since Bitcoin’s price surged to about $20,000 in late 2017. Whenever there’s talks about Bitcoin, inevitably the word “blockchain” ...

Seriously, What the Hell Is a Blockchain? Blockchains are often explained with a lot of tech jargon by people in mathematics, cryptography, and network engineering. It turns out that blockchains are ...

Once in awhile, a great while, amidst a swirl of PR pitches, tech conferences, boondoggles, expert roundtables, and customer meetings, I’m introduced to someone, and I think: “Can we saddle up to a ...

Almost automatically, the phrase that came to mind was “a decentralized, distributed ledger of transactions.” Of course, this would mean absolutely nothing to my son. Then I realized it probably means ...

Last year, Ripple Labs, creator of the virtual currency XRP, was fined $0.7 million (~£540,000) by the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network for violating regulations concerning money laundering.

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a ...