Not only is Bitcoin (BTC) the first cryptocurrency, but it’s also the best known of the more than 19,000 cryptocurrencies in existence today. Financial media eagerly covers each new dramatic ...

Miners, hashes, keys, cold storage, blocks—it can all get confusing. Learn more about it all so that you can understand how Bitcoin works beyond a wallet.

So how does it work? Once upon a time, you could only get bitcoins by "mining" for them, i.e. computer nerds would sit around solving complex computer things and be rewarded with Bitcoins.

How Does Bitcoin Mining Work? Bitcoin mining is the process of adding new transactions to the Bitcoin blockchain. It’s a tough job.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) can be bought through an exchange, or it can be received as payment for goods or services. It can also be created through a process known as "mining." In this Fool Live video ...

In order to get in on crypto investing, you first have to understand one thing: How does cryptocurrency work? Experts explain.

In this Fool Live video clip, recorded on March 18, senior analyst John Rotonti and Motley Fool Deutschland lead analyst Bernd Schmid discuss what Bitcoin mining is and how it works.

Bitcoin transactions are designed to be publicly searchable, programmatically confirmed by miners and immutable once embedded on the blockchain.

What is Bitcoin mining? In its simplest terms, Bitcoin mining is when you create new Bitcoins, though how you get there is fairly complex.