Can I mine Xlm?

Stellar uses Stellar Consensum Protocol (SCP) instead of the Proof of Work (PoW) and, unlike most cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, Stellar Lumens (XLM) cannot be mined . In fact, 100% of XLM tokens were issued entirely at the time of their creation.

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Can you mine Stellar Lumens?

Unlike the tokens of other blockchains, lumens aren’t mined or awarded by the protocol over time . Instead, 100 billion lumens were created when the Stellar network went live, and for the first 5 or so years of Stellar’s existence, the supply of lumens also increased by 1% annually, by design.

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