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@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ computation to verify as correct.
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The mining process serves two purposes in Bitcoin:
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* Miners can only
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receive honest income from creating blocks that follow all of Bitcoin's
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receive honest income from creating blocks that follow all of((("consensus rules"))) 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 make a trust-based
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@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ and diminishes with time, following a fixed issuance schedule.
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Mining achieves a fine balance between cost and reward. Mining uses
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electricity to solve a computational problem. A successful miner will
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collect a _reward_ in the form of new bitcoins and transaction fees.
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collect ((("rewards")))a _reward_ in the form of new bitcoins and transaction fees.
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However, the reward will only be collected if the miner has only
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included valid transactions, with the Bitcoin protocol's rules for
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_consensus_ dermining what is valid. This delicate balance provides
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