Contest !! || Crypto Mining Fundamentals

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Greetings! I hope everyone here is doing well and enjoying their life by the Grace of Allah Almighty. Today I'm here to take part in another contest organised by @khursheedanwar and the topic is "Crypto Mining Fundamentals". So lets discuss what is crypto mining and how it is done.

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Write any three primary purposes of crypto mining?

Before I talk on primary purposes of crypto mining, let me explain what it actually is. Crypto mining is the process of verifying transactions and adding them to blockchain which is like a digital ledger. Miners use powerful computers to solve complex mathematical puzzles that confirms the validity of transactions. When a miner successfully solves the puzzle, they add a new block of transaction to the blockchain and receive reward.

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Now lets talk about three primary purposes. First purpose of crypto mining is it verifies and secures transactions on the blockchain. When someone makes a transaction on blockchain, miners confirm it by solving complex mathematical puzzles. This helps prevent fraud and ensures the integrity of the crypto network.

Second purpose of crypto mining is it creates new coins and distributes them to miners as a reward of their efforts. This process is how new cryptocurrencies are introduced into circulation. Third purpose is to help decentralization of the network by distributing power among many miners globally rather than having a single authority control over the system. The decentralization promotes transparency, security, and trust in cryptocurrency ecosystem.

What is the role of hash functions in crypto mining

Hash functions play an important role in crypto mining by helping miners verify and secure transactions on the blockchain. In simple words, hash function is like a mathematical function like algorithm that takes input and produces a unique output of fixed length in hexadecimal form. This output is called hash and is like digital fingerprint of the input data. Miners use hash functions to create these unique fingerprints for each block of transactions they are trying to add to blockchain.

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In crypto mining, miners compete to solve complex puzzles by repeatedly applying hash functions to transaction data. The goal is to find a specific hash value that meets certain criteria set by cryptocurrency protocol. This process is known as proof of work that requires computational power and energy. Hash functions ensures the integrity and security of cryptocurrency network by making it extremely difficult for anyone to alter transaction data.

How proof of work and proof of stake mining can be differentiated?

Proof of work (Pow) and Proof of stake (PoS) are two different methods used in crypto mining. Both of them have distinct ways of operating. As I told above, in PoW miners compete to solve complex mathematical puzzles by using powerful computational power and energy in order to validate and secure transaction on the blockchain. The first miner to solve the puzzle earns the right to add new block of transactions to the blockchain and to receive a reward. PoW requires significant amount of energy and computing resources to operate.

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On the other hand, PoS operates differently by relying on validators instead of miners. In PoS validators are chosen to create new blocks and validate transactions based on amount of cryptocurrency they hold and are willing to stake or lock up. Validators are selected to create new blocks based on various factors such as their stake size, length of time they held cryptocurrency, and other criterias determined by specific PoS protocol. PoS is considered to be more energy-efficient as compared to PoW.

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This is all from me for the "Contest !! || Crypto Mining Fundamentals" I invite @kouba01, @nooruleman, @danish578, and @hamzayousafzai to participate in this contest.



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