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28 Nov '12, 3pm

Bitcoin Block #210 000 mined - reward halving

Bitcoin works by having "blocks" of data, containing transaction history (every Bitcoin transfer someone has made - it is only actually made when incorporated into a block), "mined" by a network. These blocks are mined by incrementing a value in the block of data computing a hash of it, until it falls within a certain range. The fact the hash must be in this range results in Bitcoin miners having to do millions of hash computations until they find the correct one, creating a significant level of difficulty in producing a block. This difficulty means that it is difficult to spend Bitcoins twice, since you would theoretically need to control 50% of the computing power working away at it. Each miner is competing with every other to mine the next block first. Whoever does so can add a "reward" of Bitcoins to the block of transactions, and this is how new Bitcoins are made. Ove...

Full article: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4842947

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Bitcoin Block #210 000 mined - reward halving

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prlog.org 28 Nov '12, 7pm

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slashdot.org 30 Nov '12, 2am

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groups.google.com 28 Nov '12, 9pm

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Bitcoin Mining Reward About To Halve

news.slashdot.org 26 Nov '12, 12am

First time accepted submitter ASDFnz writes "The reward for successfully completing a block (also called mining) is about ...