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@ -529,12 +529,14 @@ computation to verify as correct.
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The mining process serves two purposes in bitcoin:
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* ((("mining and consensus", "consensus rules", "security provided
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by")))((("consensus", see="mining and consensus")))Mining nodes validate
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all transactions by reference to bitcoin's _consensus rules_. Therefore,
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mining provides security for bitcoin transactions by rejecting invalid
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or malformed transactions.
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* Mining creates new bitcoin in each block, almost like a central bank
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by")))((("consensus", see="mining and consensus")))Miners can only
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receive honest income from creating blocks that follow all of Bitcoin's
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_consensus rules_. Therefore, miners are normally incentivized to
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only include valid transactions in their blocks and the blocks they
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build upon. This allows users to optionally trust that any transaction
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in a block is a valid transaction.
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* Mining currently creates new bitcoin in each block, almost like a central bank
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printing new money. The amount of bitcoin created per block is limited
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and diminishes with time, following a fixed issuance schedule.
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