What is mining

A minimum of a high school diploma is often a requirement to become a miner. Some companies may prefer a bachelor’s degree or related coursework when hiring. You can pursue a degree in miner engineering or take coursework in mining safety, strategy and regulation.

(CRYPTOcurrency mining) The competitive process that verifies and adds new transactions to the blockchain for a cryptocurrency that uses the proof-of-work (PoW) method . The miner that wins the competition is rewarded with some amount of the currency and/or transaction fees.

When computers on the network verify and process transactions, new bitcoins are created, or mined . These networked computers, or miners, process the transaction in exchange for a payment in Bitcoin. Bitcoin is powered by blockchain, which is the technology that powers many cryptocurrencies.