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CH12: miners don't necessary validate

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David A. Harding 2023-05-25 12:52:40 -10:00
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@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ is not the creation of new bitcoin. That's the incentive system. Mining
is the mechanism by which bitcoin's _security_ is _decentralized_. is the mechanism by which bitcoin's _security_ is _decentralized_.
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Miners validate new transactions and record them on the global ledger. A Miners record new transactions on the global ledger. A
new block, containing transactions that occurred since the last block, new block, containing transactions that occurred since the last block,
is "mined" every 10 minutes on average, thereby adding those is "mined" every 10 minutes on average, thereby adding those
transactions to the blockchain. Transactions that become part of a block transactions to the blockchain. Transactions that become part of a block