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=== Bitcoin Mining
Alice's transaction((("bitcoins", "mining", id="bitcoin-mining")))((("mining", id="mining"))) is now propagated on the Bitcoin
Alice's transaction((("bitcoins", "mining", "operational overview", id="bitcoin-mining-operational-overview")))((("mining", "operational overview", id="mining-operational-overview"))) is now propagated on the Bitcoin
network. It does not become part of the _blockchain_ until it is
included in a block by a process called _mining_ and that block has been
validated by full nodes. See
@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ valid block something that requires an incredible amount of work to
create but only a trivial amount of work to verify. The simple
verification process is able to probabalistically prove the work was
done, so the data necessary to generate that proof--in this case, the
block--is called proof of work (PoW).
block--is called ((("Proof-of-Work algorithm")))proof of work (PoW).
Transactions are added to the new block, prioritized by the highest fee rate
transactions first and a few other criteria. Each miner starts the
@ -586,13 +586,13 @@ giving Bob more and more confidence that Alice's payment is secure.
In <<block-alice1>>, we can see the block that contains Alice's transaction. Below it are
hundreds of thousands of blocks, linked to each other in a chain of
blocks (blockchain) all the way back to block #0, known as the _genesis
blocks (blockchain) all the way back to block #0, known as((("genesis block"))) the _genesis
block_. Over time, as the "height" of new blocks increases, so does the
computation difficulty for the chain as a whole.
By convention, any block with more than six confirmations
is considered very hard to change, because it would require an immense amount of
computation to recalculate six blocks (plus one new block). We will examine
the process of mining and the way it builds confidence in more ((("bitcoins", "mining", startref="bitcoin-mining")))((("mining", startref="mining")))detail in
the process of mining and the way it builds confidence in more ((("bitcoins", "mining", "operational overview", startref="bitcoin-mining-operational-overview")))((("mining", "operational overview", startref="mining-operational-overview")))detail in
<<mining>>.
[[block-alice1]]

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