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Block Reward

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The block reward is the mechanism through which new bitcoins are created and put into circulation in the context of Bitcoin, the most well-known cryptocurrency.

A fixed amount of freshly produced bitcoins is awarded to a miner after they successfully mine a new block by resolving a challenging mathematical problem (proof of work), and these bitcoins are added to their wallet. The terms “mining” and “coinbase transaction” refer to this procedure.