What's the meaning of stealing electricity to dig bitcoin

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bitcoin mining is a process that uses computer hardware to calculate the location of bitcoin and obtain it

mining is an incentive process to record data in the bitcoin system. In the bitcoin system, indivial users have the right to pack blocks after calculating a specific hash value by using CPU or GPU to hash

and in order to reward this user for packing blocks, the system will give a certain amount of bitcoin as reward. Because this process is very similar to "mining" in real life, most people call this process mining. In addition to bitcoin, other electronic virtual currencies can also be obtained through mining rewards, such as Ethereum, Monroe and so on

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mining risk:

1, currency security

the withdrawal of bitcoin requires hundreds of keys, and most people will record this long string of numbers on the computer, but frequent problems such as hard disk damage will make the key permanently lost, which also leads to the loss of bitcoin

2, system risk

system risk is very common in bitcoin, and the most common one is bifurcation. Bifurcation will lead to a drop in currency price and a sharp drop in mining income. However, many cases show that the forking will benefit the miners, and the forked competitive currency also needs the miners' computing power to complete the minting and trading process. In order to win more miners, the competitive currency will provide more block rewards and handling charges to attract miners. Risk makes miners

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Bitcoin is the first distributed virtual currency

to mine bitcoin, you can download the special bitcoin computing tools, register various cooperation websites, fill the registered user name and password into the computing program, and then click the operation to officially start. After completing the installation of bitcoin client, you can directly obtain a bitcoin address. When others pay, you only need to paste the address to others, and you can pay through the same client

after installing the bitcoin client, it will assign a private key and a public key. You need to back up the wallet data containing your private key to ensure that your property is not lost. Unfortunately, if the hard disk is completely formatted, personal bitcoin will be completely lost

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as a virtual commodity, bitcoin itself has no national boundaries, and its operation mode is a "decentralized" monetary system, which is very convenient for one-time large transaction. Bitcoin is traded through the network, and the owner's identity is only in the form of a set of encrypted computer code

in the operation, input a digital address directly, click the mouse a few times, and wait for the confirmation of the transaction to complete the transaction. The network can only record which address a bitcoin was g up from and how it was transferred

however, the identity of the owners of these addresses can not be verified, which is just like when money goes to an ownerless bank account, the relevant transactions can easily be invisible from the perspective of government supervision, and it is difficult to be tracked or intercepted. In addition, bitcoin can evade the scrutiny of exchange control institutions required by normal cross-border remittance, and the transaction records will not be recorded by banks and other parties

naturally, the problem of reporting to relevant departments after the transaction exceeds a certain amount is avoided. Buy bitcoin with domestic currency, sell it on foreign trading platforms, and withdraw it in US dollars. Asset transfer can be completed in a few minutes

it is not difficult to open an overseas bank account related to bitcoin for foreign exchange, and the conversion is very convenient. Because of these characteristics, bitcoin has been chosen by criminal organizations

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Bitcoin is actually a virtual currency. When bitcoin first appeared, if you want to get bitcoin, you have to get bitcoin through mining. Therefore, bitcoin mining appeared. But bitcoin mining is more and more difficult, so it is very difficult to get bitcoin now

so now many people use Haru miner digs Ethereum, Monroe and other virtual coins. Most importantly, BTC can be directly equivalent in the end

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Mining means that users download software from personal computers and then run specific algorithms to get corresponding bitcoin after communicating with remote servers

bitcoin is a kind of network virtual currency. Internet users can use bitcoin to buy some virtual goods, such as clothes, hats and equipment in online games. Internet users can also use bitcoin to buy real goods

bitcoin mining system is the process of carrying out mathematical operation for bitcoin network through computer hardware, and the miners who provide services can get a reward, because the network reward is calculated according to the tasks completed by the miners, so the competition for mining is very fierce

bitcoin mining started with low-cost hardware such as CPU or GPU, but with the popularity of bitcoin, the mining process has changed greatly. Nowadays, the mining activities are transferred to the field programmable gate array, and the hash speed can be achieved through optimization. The mining efficiency of this mode is very high

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the founder of bitcoin:

on November 1, 2008, a person who called himself Satoshi Nakamoto posted a research statement on a secret cryptography review group, stating his new idea of e-money - bitcoin came out and the first transaction of bitcoin was completed

bitcoin has got rid of the constraints of third-party organizations with the help of Internet, which Nakamoto calls "regional chain". Users are willing to dedicate the computing power of CPU and run a special software to be a "digger", which will form a network to maintain the "regional chain". In the process, they also generate new money

trading is also extended on this network. The computer running this software can solve the problem of irreversible code, which contains several trading data

the first "miner" to deal with the problem will be rewarded with 50 bitcoin, and the relevant trading area will join the chain. As the number of "miners" increases, the difficulty of each puzzle also increases, which keeps the proctivity of bitcoin in each trading area at about 10 minutes

in 2009, Nakamoto designed a digital currency, namely bitcoin. The booming bitcoin market has gone up and down, and the identity of its founder "Nakamoto" has always been a mystery. Rumors about "the father of bitcoin" involve from the US National Security Agency to financial experts, and also give bitcoin a mysterious aura

5. Because bitcoin is based on workload proof, it is related to computing power. To have computing power, we need to consume power, so its power consumption is very large. It is precisely because of such a large power consumption that the safe and stable operation of bitcoin system can be guaranteed. "“ According to the data of btc.com website, up to now, the computing power of the whole bitcoin network is about 51.65eh/s, which is equivalent to 1.84 million bitcoin S15 (28T computing power, 1596w power) mining machines in operation, and the daily power consumption is about 69.92 million kwh. Divided by the current proction of 1800 bitcoins per day, excluding other costs, each bitcoin consumes 38800 kwh of electricity
previously, graphics cards were sold out because of the strong purchase of gold miners. The algorithm design of bitcoin is more and more difficult to dig. Therefore, the investment to dig the same bitcoin now is many times higher than a few years ago. Since the "mining" incident in Daqing Oilfield was exposed, the local police have counted the number. The average electricity cost of the mining machine seized is close to 500000 yuan in one month, and if it steals electricity, it is equivalent to making 500000 yuan in vain.

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Mining bitcoin is also called mining. Starting from the essence of bitcoin, the essence of bitcoin is actually a special solution generated by a bunch of complex algorithms. A special solution is one of the infinite (in fact, bitcoin is finite) solutions that can be obtained from the equations. Every particular solution can solve the equation and is unique

in the metaphor of RMB, bitcoin is the serial number of RMB. If you know the serial number of a note, you have the note. The process of mining is to constantly seek the special solution of this equation system through a huge amount of calculation. This equation system is designed to have only 21 million special solutions, so the upper limit of bitcoin is 21 million

bitcoin: also known as "bitcoin", is a kind of network virtual currency. Internet users can use bitcoin to buy some virtual goods, such as clothes, hats, equipment, etc. in online games. Internet users can also use bitcoin to buy real goods

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shortcomings

first, the vulnerability of trading platform. The bitcoin network is robust, but the bitcoin trading platform is fragile. Trading platform is usually a website, which will be attacked by hackers or shut down by competent authorities

Second, the transaction confirmation time is long. When bitcoin wallet is first installed, it will consume a lot of time to download historical transaction data blocks. While bitcoin transaction, in order to confirm the accuracy of data, it will take some time to interact with P2P network, and the transaction will be completed only after the whole network is confirmed

Thirdly, the price fluctuates greatly. Due to the intervention of a large number of speculators, the price of bitcoin for cash fluctuates like a roller coaster. Making bitcoin more suitable for speculation rather than anonymous trading

Fourthly, the public did not understand the principle, and the traditional financial practitioners resisted. Active netizens understand the principle of P2P network and know that bitcoin has no legal person to manipulate and control. But the public doesn't understand, and many people can't even tell the difference between bitcoin and q-coin“ "No issuer" is the advantage of bitcoin, but in the view of traditional financial practitioners, "no issuer" currency is worthless

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Computer mining is a bitcoin mining machine, which is a computer used to earn bitcoin

this kind of computer generally has professional mining chips, and works in the way of burning graphics card, which consumes a lot of power. It is one of the ways to get bitcoin that users download software from personal computer and then run specific algorithm to get corresponding bitcoin after communicating with remote server

8. Bitcoin mining is simply to use the computing power of your mining equipment to solve mathematical problems and confirm network transactions, so as to ensure the safety of the whole bitcoin system. In return, bitcoin system will give miners unequal bitcoin rewards

the professional point is that mining is a distributed consensus system that includes the transaction data to be confirmed into the block chain, so as to complete the confirmation of these transactions. By mining, the data in the block chain can be stored in chronological order, the neutrality of bitcoin network can be maintained, and different computers on the bitcoin network are allowed to agree on the system state. To be confirmed, a transaction must be packaged into a block that complies with very strict cryptographic rules and verified through bitcoin network. These rules can prevent the modification of existing blocks, because once there is a change, all blocks will be invalid. Mining is as difficult as winning the lottery. No one can easily and continuously add new blocks to the block chain. Therefore, no one can control what content is included in the block chain or replace part of the content in the block chain to rece their cost

at present, bitcoin mining needs professional ASIC mining machines. For example, Avalon mining machine (commonly known as pumpkin Zhang mining machine), which has created countless number one mining machines in the instry, is said to be coming out soon, 28nm chips will be streamed soon, and 16nm chips are under development.

9. It's not against the law<
in the notice of the people's Bank of China
Ministry of instry and information technology
China Banking Regulatory Commission
China Securities Regulatory Commission
China Insurance Regulatory Commission on risk prevention of bitcoin (Yin Fa [2013] No. 289), in addition to clarifying the attributes of bitcoin as a network virtual commodity, the notice mainly specifies the following contents:
first, the, It is clearly required that all financial institutions and Payment institutions at this stage shall not carry out business related to bitcoin, price procts or services with bitcoin, buy or sell bitcoin as central counterparties, underwrite insurance business related to bitcoin or include bitcoin into the scope of insurance liability
Second, Internet sites that explicitly require bitcoin registration, trading and other services should be filed with the telecommunications regulatory authorities, and earnestly perform the anti money laundering obligations, identify users' identities, and report suspicious transactions
thirdly, relevant departments, financial institutions and Payment institutions are required to correctly use the concept of money in their daily work, pay attention to strengthening the ecation of the public's knowledge of money, and incorporate the concepts of correct understanding of money, correct treatment of virtual goods and virtual money, rational investment, reasonable control of investment risks, and maintenance of their own property security into the content of financial knowledge popularization activities, To guide the public to establish a correct concept of money and investment
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the notice requires that at this stage, all financial institutions and Payment institutions shall not price procts or services with bitcoin, buy or sell bitcoin as a central counterparties, underwrite insurance business related to bitcoin or include bitcoin into the scope of insurance liability, and shall not directly or indirectly provide customers with other services related to bitcoin
including bitcoin registration, trading, clearing, settlement and other services for customers; Accept bitcoin or use bitcoin as a payment and settlement tool; Carry out bitcoin and RMB and foreign currency exchange services; Carry out bitcoin storage, custody, mortgage and other services; Issuing financial procts related to bitcoin; Take bitcoin as the investment target of trust, fund, etc
according to the notice, bitcoin Internet sites, as the main trading platform of bitcoin, should be put on record in the telecommunications regulatory agency in accordance with the provisions of the Telecommunications Regulations of the people's Republic of China and the measures for the administration of Internet information services
at the same time, in view of bitcoin's high risk of money laundering and being used by criminals, the circular requires relevant institutions to earnestly perform legal anti money laundering obligations such as customer identification and suspicious transaction report in accordance with the requirements of anti money laundering law of the people's Republic of China, so as to effectively guard against bitcoin related money laundering risks
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five ministries and commissions including the people's Bank of China and the government of China issued the notice on preventing bitcoin risk
five ministries and commissions including the China securities regulatory network and the central bank issued the notice on preventing bitcoin risk