"The purpose of mining is not the creation of new bitcoin. That's the incentive system. Mining is the mechanism by which bitcoin's security is decentralized."
From Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas Antonopoulus
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTCMiner 24 Aug 2022
Miners have one job. To stiplulate the ordering of transactions.
That's it. That's the extent of what they do.
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