Its simply using resources on one's computer (GPU or CPU) to help a central server sort complex mathematical algorithm (mine) and then the server gets rewarded and shares the rewards amongst the contributing computers - Very simply put

More complex and very well explained - https://bitcoin.org/en/

./Ok3ch


On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Emmanuel <emmanuel.macharia@gmail.com> wrote:
Okech 

How does bit coins mining actually work ?

Regards,

Emmanuel Macharia
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On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
Just wondering, what happens to your digital currencies when something really bad happens to you? Am specifically thinking of bit coins & other cryptos which require private keys known only to you.

./Ok3ch

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