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What is Bitcoin Mining?

Where do Bitcoins come from, and what is Bitcoin "mining"? Peter van Valkenburgh, Director of Research at Coin Center, explains the role of miners in a system of decentralized currency.

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Bitcoin: Competitive Currency

Can Bitcoin compete with other currencies around the world? Max Raskin, Research Fellow at the Institute for Judicial Administration at the New York University School of Law, discusses legal tender laws and the monopoly powers they give to central banks - and possible benefits that a virtual currency could provide to developing countries.

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Probability in Bitcoin Mining: The Hashing Function

How does the hash function work in the world of Bitcoin mining? Peter Van Valkenburgh of the Coin Center explains how the hash function in Bitcoin uses entropy to select Bitcoin miners.

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How Does Bitcoin Fit into Traditional Monetary Policy?

Max Raskin, Research Fellow at the Institute for Judicial Administration at NYU Law, explains the impact of Bitcoin and other digital currencies on the Federal Reserve and centralized banking systems in general.

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