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Re:Blackouts have hit Iran. The government is blaming Bitcoi... by cesarb on Monday January 18, 2021 @11:09AM (#25823129)
To elaborate: what people think of as a "Bitcoin" (or a fraction of a Bitcoin) is under the covers the unspent output of a transaction (this includes mined coins, which are a transaction without an input). Without transactions, there's no Bitcoin.
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