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Re:Bitcoin Futures Start with a Bang as Rally Trips Circuit ... by jamiegreen on Monday December 11, 2017 @04:16AM (#15895947)
As far as I understand, the process of mining is verifying the transactions as well. The miners are generating bitcoin as part of the process of verifying the transactions. After the 21 mil limit is hit, they will be rewarded from the transaction fees. (Someone with more in depth knowledge feel free to correct me if I am wrong).
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Re:Bitcoin Futures Start with a Bang as Rally Trips Circuit ... by theadamp on Monday December 11, 2017 @05:26AM (#15896180)
You're not wrong. They currently get the block reward and the transaction fees. When there's no more reward to be had they will get just the transaction fees.
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