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June 22, 2013, 07:23:50 AM
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I know their mining hardware is computing complex math problems but how does that build the network?  BTW what is proof of work?
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June 22, 2013, 11:41:12 AM
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Proof of work:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Proof_of_work

Mining(simple to read):

http://codinginmysleep.com/bitcoin-mining-in-plain-english/
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