Mining

In the context of blockchain networks, mining describes a permissionless process intended to ensure the global consistency of a decentralised ledger. Mining requires the consumption of a costly computational resource to participate in a probabilistic competition that confers specific privileges to a...

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Main Authors: Wassim Zuhair Alsindi, Laura Lotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society 2021-04-01
Series:Internet Policy Review
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Online Access:https://policyreview.info/node/1551
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